ANKARA, July 4 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Middle East peace efforts could not succeed without regional backing and that Israel must not be allowed to "dynamite" the U.

The cease-fire in the Strait of Hormuz continues to hold Sunday as the U.S. and Iran have paused peace talks amid the memorial for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

An American student living in Israel is charged with spying for Iran.

Iran is observing the second day of national mourning for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with prayers over his casket scheduled in Tehran as fune

"What is happening today is massive surrender by the US to Iran; the Iranians are setting the tone, the US is releasing funds to Iran," he said.

Leader of the Opposition MK Yair Lapid says that Israel should have bombed Iran’s oil and energy infrastructure during the recent war with the Islamic Republic, and that the government had made a mistake in refraining from such attacks.

A long-term U.S.-Iran peace deal may depend on a separate agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Analysts say that presents a problem.

The Iranian president described the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran as a breach of international law and said Tehran would use all available legal and diplomatic mechanisms to seek accountability.