Iran latest: Trump says Iran negotiations are 'proceeding nicely'

Three days after President Donald Trump indicated that a peace deal between the United States and Iran was nearly complete and only needed to be finalized, the negotiations between the two countries continue.

On Monday, however, the president added another condition that he would like to see included in any agreement, one that would apply not to Iran but to other Middle Eastern nations. Trump called on several countries who have been involved in recent negotiations to join the Abraham Accords, which aim to normalize relations between Israel and many of its neighbors, saying it should be a mandatory condition for peace.

A U.S. Sailor observes as an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51, landing on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), as it patrols the Arabian Sea enforcing a

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The U.S. military also confirmed Monday that American forces had launched attacks in southern Iran, describing them as "self-defense strikes." U.S. Central Command confirmed the operations, saying they happened after two Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats were spotted laying mines and a surface-to-air missile site locked onto American warplanes.

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Israel strikes over 100 Hezbollah targets

7:33 a.m. ET: More than 100 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon have been hit, according to the Israel Defense Forces. 

The IDF said on Tuesday one of the targets in the overnight strikes was a Hezbollah weapons storage facility. 

"In southern Lebanon, more than 90 weapons storage facilities, command centers, observation posts, and infrastructure sites used by Hezbollah terrorists to advance attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians were struck," it added.