UN rights chief urges end to 'extremely dangerous' Iran conflict

A Thai oil tanker has safely transited the Strait of Hormuz after coordination with Iran, a Thai official and the vessel’s owner said.

“They responded that they would take care of it,” Thailand’s foreign minister said after requesting safe passage for Thai ships.

The tanker was not required to make any payment and is now on its way back to Thailand.

Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan said on Wednesday there have been no talks with the United States, while noting Pakistan is ready to host negotiations if both sides agree.

“We have heard such details through the media … but there have been no negotiations between the two countries, directly or indirectly,” Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam said, according to IRNA.

He added that Pakistan would be “ready and honored to host” talks if Tehran and Washington agree to negotiations.

Two naval cruise missile production sites in Tehran were struck in recent days, the Israeli military said on Wednesday.

The sites were operating under Iran’s defense ministry and being used to develop and manufacture long-range naval cruise missiles capable of hitting targets at sea and on land.

The military said the strikes caused extensive damage to Iran’s cruise missile program and were part of a broader effort to weaken the country’s military production infrastructure.

Several locations across Iran were targeted early on Wednesday, with explosions and missile sounds reported in multiple cities, according to eyewitness accounts sent to Iran International.

In southwestern Iran, an explosion was heard around 5:00 a.m. near Andimeshk. In southeastern Iran, the sound of fighter jets and missile fire was reported at about 5:30 a.m. in Chabahar.

Witnesses also reported that several locations in Nowshahr, on Iran’s Caspian coast, were targeted. In Tehran, a building in the eastern part of the capital was reportedly hit at 2:12 a.m.

In southern Iran, a witness said three missiles were launched at about 1:00 a.m. from a missile site in Larestan, in Fars province, toward the west or southwest.

Tehran will not engage in negotiations and no agreement will be reached with its adversaries, said an Iranian military spokesman on Wednesday, mocking Washington’s talk of negotiations with Tehran.

The spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned pre-war energy prices would not return unless Washington accepted that regional stability is guaranteed by Iran’s armed forces, further asking: “Has the level of your internal struggle reached the point where you are negotiating with yourselves?”

Ebrahim Zolfaghari used the remarks to reject the idea that Tehran was moving toward an agreement with Washington, saying: “People like us can never get along with people like you.”