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Gavin Blackburn

Unclear if Iran's leader Mojtaba Khamenei is 'dead or not,' Trump tells reporters

We're ending our live coverage of day 17 of the Iran war now, a day that started with Tehran continuing to fire drones at neighbouring countries while the US-Israeli military intervention continued.

On Monday afternoon, US President Donald Trump said it was unclear if Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was alive or not, saying it made it difficult to know who Washington could negotiate with in Tehran.

In response to Trump's appeal for an international naval force to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, Trump said some countries were on the way without naming them but admitted that some countries were not "enthusiastic" about getting involved.

That is a sentiment echoed by the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas who said after a meeting of ministers in Brussels there was "no appetite" to extend the bloc's Red Sea naval mission or change its mandate.

Our teams in the region and around the world will be back with you on Tuesday morning, tracking all the latest developments and bringing you everything you need to know.

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