Iran fires 'warning shots' at two ships as US strikes kill two

Iran on Monday fired "warning shots" at two ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported, as Tehran and Washington battle for control of the strategic waterway.

"This morning, two ships that were attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz illegally were targeted and stopped by warning shots fired by the navy of the Revolutionary Guards," said a correspondent on national television based near the strait.

U.S. strikes meanwhile killed two people on Monday in southwestern Iran in an oil-producing region near Kuwait and Iraq, the Iranian Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported.

"At this time, two people have been reported dead and three wounded," the agencies said, citing a Khuzestan province official, who mentioned strikes in "three different locations" on the outskirts of the city of Abadan.