US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's demand for compensation over damage caused by US and Israeli attacks, saying Tehran had not raised the issue in earlier negotiations.
Here are the latest developments in the Iran conflict and the wider Middle East:
Trump demands compensation from Iran
Trump's comments came after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Iran would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz unless the United States met several conditions.
Tehran wants Washington to end its blockade of Iranian ports, lift economic sanctions and release frozen Iranian assets. It also wants compensation for damage caused by the war.
"It is up to the U.S. side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions," Baghaei said.
Trump responded by saying he would instead seek compensation from Iran for Americans killed or seriously wounded in attacks involving Iran-backed groups over several decades.
The US has blamed Iran-backed militants for the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Americans. They include 241 US military personnel killed in a 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut and at least 603 US troops killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.
Trump also said Iran should compensate the families of Iranian protesters who were killed.
He said he had instructed US representatives to include the demand in future negotiations with Tehran.
The Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world's traded oil passed before the war, remains a major concern as its closure has pushed energy prices higher and become an important political issue in the United States ahead of November's midterm elections.
Iran's supreme leader calls for unity
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has called for "unity and cohesion" as the country faces economic difficulties and sanctions linked to the conflict with the United States.
Pezeshkian said he held a nearly seven-hour meeting with Khamenei, during which they discussed people's livelihoods, market conditions, jobs, housing and problems caused by US sanctions.
He said the most important message from Khamenei was the need to maintain unity.
"All of the enemy's plans are aimed at creating division," Pezeshkian said.
It was only the second time Pezeshkian has publicly said he met Khamenei since the younger Khamenei became supreme leader in March following a US-Israeli strike that killed his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The new leader was also reportedly wounded in the attack and has not appeared in public since then.
Iran appoints former Revolutionary Guard chief
Iran on Sunday appointed Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Khamenei, as head of the Supreme National Security Council.
Rezaei, 71, led Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1981 to 1997, including during much of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
Last week, he warned that US forces would face serious risks and casualties unless Washington ended its blockade of Iranian ports.
The Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think tank, said Rezaei appears open to negotiations with Washington to pursue Iran's goals, including maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz, but has not indicated that Tehran is prepared to make concessions.
Rezaei replaced Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who will serve as a political adviser to Khamenei.
Israel declares Christian town a closed military zone
Israel's military said Monday it had declared Taybeh, a Christian-majority town in the occupied West Bank, a closed military zone in an effort to prevent Israeli settlers and other non-residents from entering.
The move follows months of reported arson, vandalism and incursions by settlers onto private and village property.
The military said Palestinian residents and journalists would be allowed to enter unless soldiers determine that their presence poses a security threat. It also said troops would detain suspects and disperse gatherings to maintain order.
The decision comes as Israeli forces and police face growing difficulties in controlling violence in the occupied territory.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah, at least 87 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in the West Bank in 2026.
Houthi attack in Yemen kills seven
Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked the Red Sea port town of Mokha, which is controlled by forces aligned with Yemen's internationally recognised government, on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring 30 others, according to Yemen's Defence Ministry.
Four military personnel and three civilians were among those killed.
Clashes continued Monday near the village of Taiz. The Houthis said a 13-year-old child was killed in artillery shelling and another child was injured.
The attack was among the largest recent waves of Houthi strikes on positions held by Yemen's Saudi-backed government since a truce in 2022.
Renewed threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have also increased attention on the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping route at the southern end of the Red Sea.