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Iran live updates: Tehran plans new 'restricted zone' outside Strait of Hormuz

A senior Iranian official said ships violating the new zone would be sanctioned.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz as the primary flashpoint. Trump said in August that the U.S. would launch a "crushing economic operation" to force Tehran into submission.

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11 killed in overnight Israeli strikes in south Lebanon, state media says

Overnight Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people -- among them two children -- and wounded five others, according to reports by the Lebanese state news agency NNA.

The deadly strikes occurred in the town of Kfar Rumman in the south of the country, NNA reported. Nine people were killed in an airstrike on a residential building and two people were killed in a drone strike on a car, NNA said.

There were strikes in several other towns in southern Lebanon overnight, including in Deir Zahrani, where the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning ahead of a strike on a building.

Israel has not commented on the strikes in Kfar Rumman.

An excavator digs as rescuers search for survivors amidst the rubble following an overnight Israeli airstrike on the village of Kfar Roummane in southern Lebanon on Sept. 7, 2026.
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-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Victoria Beaule

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Iran plans new 'restricted zone' outside Strait of Hormuz, official says

Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on Sunday that a restricted zone will be announced in the coming days "outside" the Strait of Hormuz, in comments carried by Iranian state media.

"We're making changes," Rezaei said. "In the coming days and weeks, we're going to announce a restricted prohibited zone outside the Strait of Hormuz, which begins from the blockade line of the U.S. Navy, including the Strait Of Hormuz, and extends to the Persian Gulf from the other side."

Few details were given on the plan, but Rezaei said any ship that enters the zone "with the intention of crossing the Strait of Hormuz" will be put on a sanctions list.

-ABC News' Jamie Dorrington

Sep 06, 2026, 6:48 AM EDT

No more 'proportionate responses,' chief Iranian negotiator says

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator and the speaker of the country's parliament, said in a speech posted to Telegram on Sunday that "the era of 'proportionate responses' is over."

The recent Iranian strikes targeting U.S. bases in the Middle East were "only the beginning," Ghalibaf said.

"The rules of the game have changed, and from now on, any transgression against the interests and security of Iran will receive a 'faster, heavier, and more painful' response," Ghalibaf said.

-ABC News' Rashid Haddou

Sep 05, 2026, 5:44 PM EDT

Iran navy says they attacked 3 oil tankers, US-linked vessels

Iran's IRGC navy said in a statement on Saturday that they have targeted three oil tankers which have been sailing through "an unauthorized route" in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as three vessels affiliated with the United States in other areas.

The IRGC navy warned all vessels in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz "not to be deceived" by the U.S. military and refrain from "any suspicious movement" to pass through unauthorized waterways or they would be targeted.

The U.S. has not immediately commented about the claims.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian

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