Iran said the United States violated a ceasefire after the U.S. conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal to halt the conflict could “take a few days.” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said U.S. strikes in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, where ‌Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a “gross violation” of the already tenuous ceasefire in place for nearly seven weeks. Both sides had previously indicated there had been progress on a memorandum of understandingRead more