Middle East live: Iran launches retaliatory strikes after fresh US bombing kills 11 people
US attack on Iranian Gulf island killed three paramilitary personnel, Revolutionary Guards say
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that three members of the paramilitary Basij force were killed in attacks overnight on an island in the Gulf.
«Three Basij fighters … were martyred in last night’s attack by the criminal US on Lavan Island» in the Gulf, a local IRGC commander was quoted by the Mehr news agency as saying.
Iran’s top negotiator calls US ‘Satan’ after deadly attack on wedding
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on called the United States «Satan» after an attack on a wedding ceremony in the country’s south.
«Minab school: children massacred. Lamerd sports hall: kids slaughtered. Kouhestak wedding: children killed with families. If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it’s Satan. Shields a junior Satan that does the same? It’s THE Great Satan,» said Ghalibaf in a post on X.
Iran Revolutionary Guards say four personnel killed in US attacks in western province
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that a US attack on the western province of Kermanshah killed four of their personnel.
«Four fighters of the IRGC Aerospace Force in Kermanshah province were martyred in an attack by the US regime,» the Guards said in a statement carried by Fars news agency, using their acronym.
Pakistan says it remains engaged with US and Iran on talks to end conflict
Pakistan is engaged with the US and Iran on talks to end their conflict and is positive that the countries «will return to the table for dialogue», foreign ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at a regular media briefing.
Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir’s visit to Tehran last month created «considerable momentum» on the issue of the Strait of Hormuz, he said.
France calls for EU mission to support Palestinian elections
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called for the European Union to deploy a mission to support Palestinian elections.
Kuwait says it extinguished a fire after an Iranian drone targeted a ‘residential complex’
Kuwait on Wednesday said an Iranian drone attack caused a fire in a residential complex in the capital but there were no casualties and it was brought under control.
«A fire that broke out in a residential complex in the Capital Governorate has been brought under control. The complex had been targeted by a hostile drone launched as part of the nefarious Iranian aggression,» Kuwait’s official KUNA news agency said quoting a fire department spokesman, adding there were no casualties.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they attacked US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bahrain says air defences intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks
Iran says 11 dead in US strikes on its territory: state media
Iran said Wednesday that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
«The Deputy Governor of Khuzestan Province for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs said that last night’s US missile attack on three locations in the province left seven people dead and eight injured,» state-run IRNA said.
It came after the Iranian Red Crescent said Tuesday that four people including a child were killed and more than 50 people wounded by a US attack at a wedding in southern Sirik county.
Stocks fall as US-Iran flare-up sends oil prices and bond yields higher
Stocks fell and bond yields held at multi-decade highs as investors ramp up rate hike bets amid a fresh flare-up in Middle East tensions that has sparked another surge in oil prices.
Crude jumped more than two percent and has spiked around 10% this week after the United States hit an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, sparking a series of tit-for-tat attacks in which Tehran has targeted American interests in several regional countries.
The latest round of military action comes after weeks of relative calm during which peace talks went nowhere and Washington said it would aim for the «economic asphyxiation» of the Islamic republic.
A recap of Tuesday’s events
Peru cuts ties with Iran, accusing Tehran of escalating Mideast war
Peru’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it has severed diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing Tehran of inciting «an escalation of conflicts» in the Middle East and hindering maritime transit in the Strait of Hormuz.
Citing a historic pacifist stance, the Peruvian government «has made the decision to sever diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran,» the ministry said in a statement.
Israel says special forces capture senior Hamas security figure in Gaza City raid
Israeli special forces captured a Hamas militant leader in a raid in Gaza City on Tuesday while Israeli air strikes meant to protect those troops killed four Palestinians, authorities said.
Israel’s military said in a statement that special forces from the Shin Bet intelligence agency captured Hamas’ internal security service chief in a joint operation with the military in a Hamas-controlled area of Gaza City. Hours after the raid, the Hamas-run Gaza interior ministry said that a Hamas officer, Moin Al-Arabeed, was injured and captured by Israel while his wife was killed and some of his children were injured. While Hamas did not identify his role, Al-Arabeed is known to be a powerful member of the group’s security service.
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