TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that different messages have been exchanged between Iran and the United States through intermediaries over the past few days, while Tehran has held no talks with Washington since the beginning of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on the country late last month.
He made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV. (Iran-U.S.-Negotiations)
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TEHRAN -- Iran could open another battlefront against the United States in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if Washington seeks "stupid" actions on the ground to open the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
"If the enemy seeks to take any action on the ground in Iranian islands or any other location in our lands, or inflict any cost on Iran through naval movements in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, we will open other battlefronts against it as a surprise so that its actions will not only fail to be beneficial, but will also double its costs," Tasnim quoted a military source as saying. (Iran-US-Conflict)
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JERUSALEM -- A missile fired from Iran on Wednesday evaded Israel's air defense systems and struck the city of Dimona, near which Israel's main nuclear facility and reactor are located, state-owned Kan TV reported.
Air raid sirens in the area sounded in the morning and early afternoon, warning of incoming missile attacks, according to the Home Front Command. The Israeli military did not officially confirm whether the missile was intercepted. (Israel-Iran-Missile)
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TEHRAN -- The Iranian military said Wednesday that it fired several cruise missiles from Iran's southern coast at the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, some of which struck the warship and "forced it to change its position," media reports showed.
Meanwhile, Iran's Navy Commander Shahram Irani said the warship is under constant surveillance, and will come under "crushing" attacks again when it enters the range of Iranian missile systems, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday. (Iran-US Lincoln Carrier-Cruise Missiles)
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq will summon the U.S. charge d'affaires to protest the deadly airstrike earlier in the day against an Iraqi military medical facility, the Iraqi military said Wednesday in a statement.
According to the statement, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani has directed the foreign ministry to summon the U.S. charge d'affaires and deliver a strongly-worded official note of protest following the attack on the Habbaniyah military clinic, an affiliate of the Iraqi defense ministry. (Iraq-US Diplomat-Military Clinic Strike) ■
