The United States Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 12 individuals and entities accused of helping Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sell and transport oil to China through a network of front companies and intermediaries.

The sanctions target companies and officials based in Iran, Hong Kong, the UAE and Oman that Washington says facilitated shipments of Iranian oil and handled related financial transactions on behalf of the IRGC.

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has accused the Trump administration of dragging the US into war with Iran and announced that Senate Democrats will force another vote on legislation seeking to end US military involvement.

Speaking on the Senate floor, Schumer said that the Trump administration has exceeded the 60-day limit outlined in the War Powers Act without obtaining congressional authorisation.

US President Trump also says that he is considering renewing a US attempt to escort oil and other commercial shipping through Hormuz.

Two out of three Americans think President Donald Trump has not clearly explained why the country has gone to war with Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on that also showed his approval rating ticking up from the lowest level of his term.

The four-day poll revealed deep concerns about surging gasoline prices and also suggested many voters are casting blame for their troubles on Trump's Republican allies, who will be defending their congressional majorities in the November midterm elections.

More than two months into a conflict that began February 28 with a US-Israeli war, some 66 percent of poll respondents, including one in three Republicans and almost all Democrats, said Trump has not "clearly explained the goals of US military involvement in Iran."

The United States has issued an alert to financial institutions warning of efforts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to evade the US sanctions as concerns mount of a resumption of hostilities in the conflict with Iran.

The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said it issued the alert to assist financial institutions in identifying those funding and facilitating procurement networks supporting the IRGC.

FinCEN said the IRGC uses front companies, digital asset infrastructure, and other service providers to evade US sanctions.

New Iran-related sanctions targets include some entities in Hong Kong, according to the US Treasury website.

Nine people were killed and 12 others wounded, including two medics, in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon despite an ongoing ceasefire, Lebanese media reported.

The state news agency NNA said two people were killed and five others injured in an air strike in the town of Ebba in Nabatieh.

In a separate incident, a drone strike on a car in the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district killed one person and injured his brother, the agency said.

NNA said an Israeli drone strike also targeted the town of Yater in Bint Jbeil, leaving one person dead.

Indonesia has said that it will deploy more than 700 peacekeepers to southern Lebanon despite attacks and killings by Israel.

The deployment of 742 soldiers will be carried out as part of a rotation to replace Indonesian peacekeeping troops currently serving in Lebanon, according to Presidential Chief of Staff Dudung Abdurachman, reported by the state-run news agency Antara.

"I see that the troops are ready. Of course, this is a UN mission, but more importantly, it is a mission for the Indonesian nation," Dudung said.

He emphasised the importance of ensuring the soldiers' safety, maintaining Indonesia's reputation, and carrying out their duties to the best of their ability.

Iran is ready to give a “memorable lesson” to any aggression, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said, after President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s proposal.

“Our armed forces are ready to give a memorable lesson to any aggression,” Ghalibaf wrote in a post on X.

“Wrong strategies and wrong decisions always produce wrong results. The whole world has already understood this,” he added.

Ghalibaf also warned that Iran is prepared for “all options,” saying opponents “will be surprised.”