A provincial official told the semi-official Fars news agency on Monday that no vital infrastructure or services were impacted by a US attack on Iran's Qeshm island last night. The official stated that the targeted sites were located away from commercial and residential areas.
Iranian state media reported that explosions occurred late on Sunday in Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz. An unnamed Revolutionary Guards Navy official told Iranian state media on Monday that navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed, though the official stated no unauthorised vessels transited the maritime route overnight.
On Sunday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that reaching a diplomatic agreement with Iran may not be possible. Speaking to reporters before departing for a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris, Rubio accused Tehran of making unrealistic demands and warned that negotiations were not close to a breakthrough. Rubio told reporters, "You have a number of countries that continue to engage them with different ideas, but I wouldn't say we're on the verge of a breakthrough." He added, "The president would always prefer to solve this and every problem diplomatically. Sometimes that's not possible, unfortunately."
Rubio characterized the current negotiations as unproductive, describing Iranian demands as "outrageous and ridiculous" and unrealistic, though he noted Washington remains willing to explore diplomatic opportunities.
Defending President Donald Trump's handling of the war with Iran, which is now in its ninth month, Rubio argued that Trump confronted a longstanding threat to US national security despite potential political consequences. He stated that preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons should remain a bipartisan priority.
The US and Israel launched a military offensive against Iran on February 28. A ceasefire was reached in April, followed by a memorandum in June aimed at securing a peace agreement, but negotiations have failed to produce a final settlement.
Rubio's remarks followed US strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days. On Friday, Trump confirmed that American forces had targeted Iranian air defence systems.
Regarding the conditions for further military strikes, Rubio maintained that US actions were "defensive" and dependent on threats to American forces or maritime traffic. He said, "Well, the US acts defensively. If there's a threat to our forces in the region, we will act against those. If there's a threat to shipping, we've been defending shipping for a while." Rubio added, "So if there's a clear and present threat to shipping or to our forces in the region, we have a right to defend ourselves." He stated that any such action would depend on the level of threat and whether Iranian forces were attacking or potentially preparing to attack US interests.
