U.S. forces reportedly attacked Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday, as Vice President Vance still seeks a "negotiated settlement" with Tehran. The Wall Street Journal cited U.S. officials saying that U.S. forces attacked Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday, having recently conducted "limited strikes" against Iran, but the Donald Trump administration has been downplaying the risk of war. Vice President Vance stated on Monday that he and President Donald Trump "feel very good" about the prospect of a negotiated settlement, but Iran is "unpredictable," Donald Trump retains "kinetic and non-kinetic" options, and no deadline has been set for reaching a peace agreement. Earlier on the same day, Donald Trump had stated that the U.S. must go to war with Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.