Western leaders at G7 express caution as Trump tilts closer to Iran war

Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority said flight cancellations have been extended until 14:00 local time (10:30 GMT) on Wednesday, state-affiliated SNN reported.

After the quietest night since Iran began its retaliatory attacks on Israel on Friday, the former head of the Iranian strategic desk in Israeli Defense Intelligence, a branch of the Israeli military, told Iran International that Tehran’s missile stocks are running low.

Danny Citrinowicz, who now heads the Iran and Shia axis program at the Institute of National Security Studies, said that at the beginning of the war, intelligence estimates showed Iran had around 2,000 missiles.

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Despite rising tensions between Iran and Israel, US negotiators continue to assess that Tehran is in a weakened position and could return to talks, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing multiple officials involved in the diplomatic process.

The officials said Iran may ultimately agree to a deal requiring it to abandon all uranium enrichment, though the window for diplomacy remains narrow.

"If Iran returns to the negotiations and agrees to drop its uranium enrichment, US officials believe a high-level meeting led by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and potentially Vice President JD Vance would happen as soon as this week," the report said.

President Donald Trump, monitoring the situation from the White House, has grown increasingly frustrated with what officials described as Tehran’s failure to provide clear signals about its intentions.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had carried out a series of overnight airstrikes on multiple military targets in the Tehran area, including a centrifuge production site and weapons manufacturing facilities.

According to the statement, over 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck locations linked to Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, guided by military intelligence.

Among the targets was a site used to produce centrifuges for uranium enrichment, which the IDF said were intended to expand Iran’s capacity to develop nuclear weapons. The statement also added that several facilities producing components for surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles were hit, including materials used in attacks against Israel.

The strikes are part of what the IDF described as an ongoing effort to degrade Iran’s nuclear weapons program and its missile production capabilities.