Live Updates: Trump says Iran shot down Apache helicopter and U.S. must respond

A few minutes before President Trump posted that Iran had shot down an Apache helicopter near Oman on Monday night, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf threatened apparent military action even if they prefer diplomacy.

"We prefer the language of diplomacy, but we speak other languages far more fluently," Ghalibaf posted on X. "Break your commitments, and we'll switch to what we speak best."

"You ride the horse you saddled!" he added.

It's unclear the comments from Ghalibaf were connected to the U.S. helicopter being shot down. Both military members on board the Apache were rescued and are in stable condition. 

Mr. Trump said the U.S. must "respond" to the Apache being shot down in a post on Truth Social. 

Majid Mousavi, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, issued threatening comments after Trump's post on the helicopter being shot down.

"Iran neither surrenders nor gets deceived," Mousavi wrote on X, translated from Persian. "We do not trust the enemy's promises and rely on the power of the Iranian nation. What the enemy could not achieve on the battlefield, it will not obtain in negotiations either."

President Trump said Iranians shot down the Apache helicopter that crashed off the coast of Oman late Monday and said the United States "must, of necessity, respond."

"I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. "There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured." 

"Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack," the president said.

Initial reports indicate an Iranian drone apparently took down the Apache helicopter, two U.S. officials told CBS News. One of the officials said it's not clear if the drone deliberately attacked the helicopter.

The two U.S. Army soldiers on board the Apache were rescued by a sea drone, which transported the crew members to another location on the water, where they were brought up to a helicopter for further transport, a U.S. official told CBS News.

U.S. Central Command had said earlier Tuesday that the cause of the crash was under investigation.

A U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel, operated by the Fifth Fleet's Task Force 59, was used in the rescue of two crew members whose Apache helicopter crashed off the coast of Oman late Monday, Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins told CBS News.

The surface drone rescued the soldiers and transported them to another location on the water where they were then hoisted up to a helicopter for further transport, according to a U.S. official.

The rescue by sea drone was the first such operation by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News.

"The task force began fielding these drones in theater in late March," Hawkins said.

The Corsair is produced by Saronic technologies, which was awarded a contract in December 2025 during the tenure of then-Navy Secretary John Phelan.

Saronic has posted several videos on its X account of the Corsair in action.

CENTCOM, which is investigating the cause of the crash, said the two crew members were rescued at about 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, "within approximately two hours" of their AH-64 Apache going down. 

The head of the United Nations has said he is "deeply alarmed" by the latest flare-up of violence in the Middle East.

In a post on X, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "deeply alarmed by the renewed escalation in the Middle East."

"All attacks must stop immediately," he added. "The ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran & Gaza must be fully respected."

The region has been convulsed by violence in recent days, with Israel and Iran trading airstrikes until a fragile ceasefire began Monday, while Israel and Hezbollah continue to fight in southern Lebanon.

"There is no military solution to the conflicts in the Middle East," Guterres said. "The only way forward is through dialogue & negotiations."

Iran's parliamentary speaker has praised the "great Iranian nation" for pulling the country "from the jaws of the ravenous wolves" to commemorate 100 days of war.

In a post on X Tuesday, Mohammad Ghalibaf said, "One hundred days have passed since the struggle of a nation that rose up to safeguard beloved Iran."

"God's blessings upon you, who strengthened Iran's resolve, disappointed its enemies, and pulled the country from the jaws of the ravenous wolves that had sharpened their teeth in an effort to force the Islamic Republic of Iran into submission," he added.

"Long live Iran, and long live the resilience of the great Iranian nation," Ghalibaf said.

Tuesday is actually the 102nd day of the war, which started Feb. 28.

Stock markets mostly rallied Tuesday and oil prices dipped after President Trump hinted at a deal with Iran in the coming days, while OpenAI's confirmation of a plan to issue shares rekindled demand for technology stocks.

Wall Street indexes opened higher, following a rebound on Asian and European equity markets following the rout among AI stocks last week.

Those losses were sparked by strong U.S. jobs data that raised the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates to curb inflation, which would raise borrowing costs for AI firms planning massive spending on chips and data centres.

Mr. Trump said Monday night that negotiations toward an agreement with Iran were in their final stages, and a deal could come in "two or three days."

"The market has heard that before, and even though it has yet to see an actual deal, it continues to respect the possibility," said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare.

Oil prices were also down Tuesday, with International benchmark Brent crude trading around $91 a barrel, about 3.3% lower than Monday, and U.S. crude also down about 3.5%.

Israel's foreign ministry has criticized five U.S. allies for imposing sanctions against the country's far-right finance minister and various settler groups in the occupied West Bank.

An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the country rejected the "disgraceful measures adopted by foreign governments against Israeli citizens, entities, and a government minister."

France, Britain, Canada, Australia and Norway announced sanctions earlier Tuesday against finance chief Bezalel Smotrich, along with Israeli settler groups and individual settlers in the occupied West Bank, over alleged violence against Palestinians. 

A statement by the Israeli Foreign Ministry called the sanctions an "attempt to impose a political stance regarding the right of Jews to settle in the Land of Israel and concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that troops killed one person after they came under fire near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, where they have been battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.

In a statement, the IDF said forces came under fire while operating in the Ramim Ridge area.

"Soldiers returned fire and eliminated a terrorist in the area," the IDF said in a statement, adding that no Israeli troops were known to have been injured in the clash.

At least eight people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre earlier Tuesday, Lebanon's health ministry said. Those strikes were preceded by a warning from the IDF for all Tyre residents to evacuate their homes and move north away from the city.

Vice President JD Vance said Monday he is "confident" the war in Iran, which is now in its 102nd day, will not become a "quagmire."

"I feel extremely confident that we are not going to be talking about America's involvement in Iran even a year down the road, but certainly not years down the road," Vance told USA Today in a phone interview.

Vance said he believes the U.S. is "going to be successful" despite ceasefire negotiations that have dragged on for months. 

"If this diplomacy ultimately falls apart, then the president has further tools at his disposal," Vance said. "But so long as we keep this thing anchored to the core mission — prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon — it's not going to become a quagmire."

Vance is a veteran of the Iraq war and has been an outspoken critic of the prolonged conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

President Trump said Monday that indirect negotiations with Iran were in their "final throes," but it is unclear how close the two sides are to ending the war.

France, Britain, Canada, Australia and Norway announced new sanctions Tuesday against Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with various settler groups in the occupied West Bank, over alleged attacks against Palestinians and violations of their human rights.

In a joint letter published Tuesday, France's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot said Israeli settlers use violence "to displace Palestinians, destroy their property … undermining the viability of a Palestinian state and the prospects for peaceful coexistence."

Barrot said Smotrich, along with four leaders of settler organizations and 21 individual settlers, were now banned from entering France.

"Smotrich actively promotes the annexation of the West Bank, which he openly claims, the creation of new settlements in the West Bank, the recolonization of Gaza, the economic collapse of the Palestinian Authority," Barrot said.

The statement also urged the Israeli government to hold those responsible for violence in the West Bank to account.

At least eight people were killed and 32 others wounded Tuesday in Israeli strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, according to Lebanon's health ministry.

Earlier in the day, an Israeli military spokesperson issued an evacuation order for the city, including its Christian quarter and surrounding neighborhoods. 

In a statement posted on social media, the Israel Defense Forces had claimed Iranian-backed Hezbollah was present in the Christian quarter and warned any building used by the group could be targeted.

The Lebanese health ministry said rescuers were still searching through rubble for survivors after the strikes.

Last week, Lebanon and Israel renewed a ceasefire agreement first announced by President Trump in mid-April, but the deal was quickly rejected by Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah have continued to exchange fire daily since the ceasefire - which Hezbollah was not party to - came into effect.

The U.S. military's Central Command said Tuesday that it was investigating an incident the previous day near the Strait of Hormuz that resulted in an Apache helicopter crashing into the sea. 

U.S. military officials told CBS News the two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation by the U.S. military.

The two U.S. Army soldiers on the Apache had been patrolling waters off the coast of Oman when the crash happened. CENTCOM said they were "rescued by American forces," but the command did not elaborate on the operation or immediately confirm that it was carried out using an unmanned vehicle. 

It said they were rescued at about 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Monday, "within approximately two hours" of their AH-64 Apache going down. 

They were both in stable condition, CENTCOM said in its Tuesday statement on X, adding that "the cause of the incident is under investigation."

Military officials told CBS News the pair were rescued by an unmanned surface drone operated by a special department called Task Force 59, based with the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. It was the first time a drone has been used for a water rescue, the officials said.

"The pilots are fine," President Trump said Monday night after attending Game Three of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. "Nobody injured."

Iranian soccer fans have had their ticket allocation for their country's three 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. revoked by soccer's global governing body FIFA, the Iranian national soccer federation claimed Tuesday.

Each federation for the 48 teams taking part is entitled to receive and distribute 8% of the stadium seats for the World Cup, adding up to several thousand tickets per game.

Just days before Iran is due to open its World Cup with a June 15 game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California against New Zealand, the Iranian federation claimed in a statement reported by state media that it was unable to provide any tickets to supporters.

FIFA did not immediately reply to a CBS News request for comment.

The report comes after weeks of turmoil between Iran's national soccer federation, FIFA and the U.S., which is co-hosting the tournament along with Canada and Mexico. 

Before the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war with Iran on Feb. 28, Iran's team had planned to train in Tucson, Arizona, but theyre using the Mexican border city of Tijuana as a base instead.

Some officials with the Iranian soccer federation have been denied visas to enter the U.S. The Iranian team is also set to play Belgium in Inglewood on June 21 and then Egypt in Seattle on June 26.

The national federations of World Cup teams typically sell their allocated tickets to ardent fans who attend games at home and away.

Iranian nationals have been barred from entering the U.S. since last year, and they are unlikely to get entry visas to attend the World Cup. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Iranian players will be welcomed at the tournament, but those with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - which the U.S. has proscribed as a terrorist organization - could face restrictions when they try to enter the country.

At least two Iranian air defense personnel were killed in Monday's Israeli strikes before both sides halted their fire, according to the country's state broadcaster IRIB.

The announcement was Iran's first acknowledgement of fatalities from the exchange of fire sparked over the weekend by Israeli strikes on a southern suburb of Lebanon's capital.

The Lebanese state broadcaster identified the two men as Bahman Hosseini and Ali Reza Abiri, and said they would be buried outside Tehran.

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation warning for the southern Lebanon city of Tyre, including the Christian Quarter and surrounding camps and neighborhoods.

In a social media post, Israel's military spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed Hezbollah was present in the Christian Quarter and warned that any building used by the group may be targeted. 

The evacuation order urges the population to head north of the Zahrani River and warns that any movement below that river would endanger their lives.

Israel and Lebanon agreed to renew a ceasefire agreement last week, but the Iran-backed Hezbollah paramilitary group quickly rejected it. Tehran has previously said any peace deal with the U.S. and Israel must include a ceasefire in Lebanon.

President Trump said Tuesday that negotiators were in the "final throes" of talks for a peace deal in the Middle East, after Iran and Israel said they were halting fresh hostilities that threatened to reignite the months-long war.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly said a peace agreement with Tehran is imminent, but diplomacy has stalled and the two sides have traded fire despite a ceasefire in place since April 8.

Iran and Israel "were going back and forth and now they both agreed through me to stop and we're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal," Mr. Trump told reporters after attending the third game of the NBA Finals at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Asked whether it would be a matter of days or weeks, he said it would take "two or three days."

Tehran has repeatedly said any deal must include Lebanon -- where Israel has been pressing its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah -- and fired missiles at Israel on Sunday.

That prompted Israeli retaliation, despite U.S. pressure for restraint.

Iran fired another salvo before announcing it was ceasing military action, and hours later Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the "fire on that front is contained."

Tehran said on Monday it would attack again if Israel persisted with its strikes in Lebanon, while Netanyahu warned in turn that should Iran "make the mistake of resuming attacks against us, we will respond with full force."

A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, and President Trump said its two pilots were "fine" after the incident involving the waterway that remains under a chokehold by Iran.

The crash's cause remained unclear Tuesday morning in the Middle East, which was still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest strain yet on the nominal ceasefire in the Iran war.

Iranian state media, relying on foreign reporting, acknowledged the crash, without elaborating.

Mr. Trump spoke to journalists at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after attending Game Three of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

"The pilots are fine," he said. "Nobody injured. We are going to issue a report tomorrow. But the pilots are fine."

The New York Times was first to report that a U.S. helicopter had gone down near the strait, in unclear circumstances.

President Trump predicted the U.S. would be able to "declare total victory" over Iran within the next two weeks, saying Iranian negotiators were "willing to give us everything."

"You're really gonna win this over the next two weeks when we declare total victory. It'll be a total victory, it will happen very soon, and oil prices will come tumbling down," the president said during a Monday evening tele-rally for GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham and gubernatorial candidate Pamela Evette, both of South Carolina.

Mr. Trump has frequently made sweeping predictions that the U.S.-Iran war could end in a matter of days or weeks, starting when the war began in late February. It is unclear, however, where negotiations between the two countries stand.

President Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning, a White House official confirmed to CBS News.

It was the second phone call in two days between the U.S. and Israeli leaders, as Mr. Trump urged Iran and Israel to halt their exchange of fire over the weekend. Early Monday, Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social that the two countries "must immediately stop 'shooting.'"

In an interview with Axios, Mr. Trump said he informed Netanyahu that several countries in the region wanted Israel to halt its strikes on Iran, and that Iran  — which had launched missiles at Israel — "called us and said that they are not doing any more attacks and asked us to tell Israel not to do any more attacks." He said he also warned the Israeli leader: "Bibi, you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon."

Both countries said later Monday they had halted their military operations.