By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi and Bo Erickson

TEL AVIV/DUBAI/NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that new strikes by Israel and Iran would not affect his administration's peace talks with Tehran, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “doesn’t call the shots.”

YEREVAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Early results from a small number of polling stations showed Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party leading in a parliamentary election with 57.14% of the vote, according to data from Armenia's electoral commission broadcast on public TV.

The data, taken from about 5% of Armenia's polling stations, showed the pro-Russian Strong Armenia alliance in second place, with about 21% of votes. The Armenia Alliance, led by former President Robert Kocharyan, was in third place with roughly 8%.

Iran's national football team was greeted Sunday in Mexico by a small group of supporters eager to give them a warm start to the World Cup, despite visa problems facing some staffers.

"I'm very excited to see them," said Sadegh Galavi as he watched the players' bus leave the airport in Tijuana, cheered on by about a dozen fans.

Galavi, a mechanic and resident of this city on the US border, did not hesitate to get up at dawn to welcome the team when it landed at 5:00 am.

By Eman Abouhassira

June 7 (Reuters) - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that regional governments were "not in a position to demand reparations", responding to what he said were reports that the U.S. could use Iranian assets to compensate regional allies for war-related damages.

Gharibabadi added in a post on X that Iran's assets were "neither war spoils for Washington nor a payment fund for its allies".

JERUSALEM, June 7 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Sunday its police criminal investigation unit was investigating the killing of a Palestinian infant by an Israeli soldier in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The military has acknowledged that seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was killed and his parents both wounded on Friday when an Israeli soldier opened fire on their car.

"Based on the findings of the preliminary examination, it was decided to open an investigation by the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division," Israel's military said.

DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate targets, Iran's top negotiator said in a post on X.

The comments from Iran's Parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, follow Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, a stronghold of Iran's ally Hezbollah.

By Emily Green

TIJUANA, June 7 (Reuters) - Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the world’s biggest sporting event into a soft-power contest between the warring countries.

The squad touched down shortly after five a.m. (1200 GMT) in the Mexican city, across the border from San Diego, after an overnight flight from Turkey where they have been training for the past three weeks.

WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with NBC News’ "Meet the Press" that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift any sanctions before a peace deal is reached.

Trump said he would consider those steps after an agreement is done. "Comes after," he said. "Yeah. If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking. Yeah."

Trump also said that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran.

Airlines expect to carry more passengers this year but earn only half as much profit as in 2025, as high fuel prices don't appear to be fully deterring travel, according to projections published Sunday.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicted its 370 member airlines, which account for 85 percent of global air traffic, will carry 5.1 billion passengers this year.

That is up 2.4 percent from 2025, when passenger traffic was estimated to have reached 4.98 billion. The four billion mark was surpassed in 2023.

PARIS/VIENNA, June 7 (Reuters) - A draft resolution the United States has prepared and sent to other countries on the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board ahead of a meeting this week demands Iran provide "precise information" on its bombed nuclear sites and enriched uranium stocks.

Iran must "provide the (International Atomic Energy) Agency with precise information on nuclear material accountancy and safeguarded nuclear facilities in Iran" and "grant the Agency all access it requires to verify this information" without delay, the text seen by Reuters on Sunday said.