IRGC will target US ships in Indian Ocean if fighting resumes, official says
The Indian Ocean sits beyond the southern entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
Those talks broke down as the U.S. and Iran continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz as the primary flashpoint. Trump then said in August that the U.S. would launch a "crushing economic operation" to force Tehran into submission.
Key Headlines
- Tehran 'fully prepared' for war to resume, Iranian FM says
- Trump says he expects more talks with Iran this week, but is open to new strikes
- IRGC claims to have captured US underwater drone
- IRGC will target US ships in Indian Ocean if fighting resumes, official says
- Trump rejects Iran proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Iran in 'no hurry' to negotiate, official says
Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in an interview on Iranian state TV Wednesday that the country is in "no hurry" to negotiate with the U.S.
"Iran's conditions are in the hands of Pakistan, Qatar and the other intermediaries. It was agreed that [Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi] and the president would convey these conditions to the intermediaries in New York. There is therefore no question of these conditions being changed. They are Iran's conditions, and we are waiting for the Americans to implement them," Rezaei said.
-ABC News' Othon Leyva
Iran threatens countries that cooperate with US to restrict Iranian flights
Iran threatened the airports of countries that cooperate with the United States to restrict Iranian flights.
"If any country joins the United States in this adventure, its airports will no longer be able to operate flights. The choice is yours," Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in an interview on Iranian state TV Wednesday.
China has declared that Iranian airline flights to China will keep operating, while expressing its opposition to the U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran.
Iran has canceled regional international flights because of pressure from U.S. sanctions. Iranian media, citing the Civil Aviation Authority, said Iraq and Oman will no longer receive flights from Iran.
-ABC News' Othon Leyva
Qatar mediated US-Iran meeting, state media says
Qatar mediated the meeting between U.S. and Iranian representatives on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state-run news agency IRNA.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told IRNA Tuesday night that his country conveyed its messages to the U.S. through Qatari mediation.
"The interaction that took place was through Qatari mediation. In fact, the Iranian delegation conveyed its views and conditions to the American side very clearly and explicitly through the mediators," Baqaei said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr
Tanker hit in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says, 2 casualties reported
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre issued a warning advisory after it received a report of a vessel being struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.
A company security officer reported the cargo ship was on fire and adrift, the advisory said. The crew was evacuated with two casualties reported.