Iran live updates: Tehran has 'no plans' for new round of talks, spokesperson says

Overnight, ship tracking firms and analysts observed sanctioned crude oil tanker Alicia cross the Strait of Hormuz inbound, from the Gulf of Oman into the Persian Gulf.

Michelle Wiese Bockmann, analyst with shipping analytics company Windward, said the ship is falsely flagged, not currently carrying cargo.

Alicia's crossing was made westward into the Persian Gulf, and the tanker was already in the Gulf of Oman before the blockade came into effect earlier this week. The ship is also listing a destination of "for order" rather than a specific port destination.

Another ship, the Iranian-flagged RHN, appears to be making the same journey across the Strait right now, according to Marine Traffic. It was also already in the Gulf of Oman when the blockade began.

Vice President JD Vance was heckled twice during a Turning Point USA college event in Athens, Georgia, on Tuesday, by people criticizing either the war in Iran or American support for Israel's ongoing war in Gaza.

One voice could be heard calling out, "Jesus Christ does not support genocide!" Another voice shouted, "You're killing children! You're bombing children!"

Vance addressed the event amid rising tensions between the White House and the Vatican, which in recent days has prompted President Donald Trump to repeatedly admonish Pope Leo XIV for the latter's anti-war statements.

Vance -- who converted to Catholicism in 2019 -- cited theology in his defense of U.S. conduct. "When the pope says that god is never on the side of those who wield the sword, there is a thousand -- more than a thousand-year tradition of just war theory."

"I think that it's important -- in the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy -- I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology."

"If you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to be sure it's anchored in the truth and that's one of the things that I try to do and that's certainly something I would expect from the clergy," Vance said.

President Donald Trump said that he viewed the war with Iran as "very close to over" in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday afternoon.

"I think it's close to over. Yeah. I mean, I view it as very close to over," Trump told Fox News's Maria Bartiromo when asked whether or not the war was over.

The president also claimed that it would take Iran two decades to rebuild if the U.S. pulled out right now.

"If I pulled up stakes right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild that country. And we're not finished, but we'll see what happens. I think they want to make a deal very badly," Trump said.

As of Tuesday, 399 service members have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to a U.S. official.

The number has risen slightly since the ceasefire. That can be attributed to delayed reporting of traumatic brain injuries, as symptoms for those wounds can sometimes take a few days to manifest, according to the official.

Three service members are considered "seriously wounded," though it's unclear if those troops are the same who have been included in previous counts.

In total, 354 service members have been returned to duty.