The US military said a day ago that it carried out “self-defence” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely.”The strikes were done “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” but the military was “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” a spokesman for the US military’s Central Command said in a statement.Follow updates from month three of the war in the blog below. Note that the live blog may take a few moments to load.