Reactions and statements from the international community
The Thai Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's ambassador for talks after the IRGC attacked a Thai cargo ship, the Mayuree Naree, in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging its stern and causing three Thai crew members to go missing.
The Public Relations Office of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that it targeted the American-owned oil tanker Safe Sia, which was flying the Marshall Islands flag, in the northern Persian Gulf.
On March 7, the runway at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport was blocked with parked buses and helicopters, rendering it unusable, following heavy bombing that destroyed several cargo and transport aircraft and damaged facilities and support buildings during the U.S.–Israeli campaign against Iranian military infrastructure.
An Israeli Air Force weapons systems operator photographed cluster munitions released from IRGC Aerospace Force Khorramshahr-3 intermediate-range ballistic missiles over Israel during a recent night operation. The munitions, which are internationally banned, were part of operations named #OperationLionsRoar and #OperationEpicFury.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army announced that it had killed Abu Zar Mohammad, an IRGC commander operating in Hezbollah's missile unit in Beirut, who was coordinating military activities between Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic.
Hezbollah released a psychological warfare video featuring an AI-generated image of IDF Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee, which transitions to footage of recent Hezbollah missile strikes and ends with a Hebrew warning to Israelis to "head south."
On Thursday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced an attack on a ship identified as the "Seif CIA" flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Persian Gulf, claiming it was an American asset. The IRGC stated the ship ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy, and the U.S. has not yet responded to this report.
Babak Taghvaee, an advocate for preserving Iran's aviation history, mourns the destruction of the last flyable P-3F Orion aircraft, 5-8704, of the Iranian Air Force, which was hit by a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone-fired AGM-114R2 Hellfire missile in Shiraz last night.
In an exclusive interview with Raymond Furlong of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Zimet, the head of the Iran program at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel, stated that Iran remains an effective and active state with no signs of regime collapse, despite some internal rifts in military and political institutions. Zimet also noted the continued effectiveness of Iran's intelligence system and control mechanisms.
Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar, aligned with Hezbollah, reports that officials from Turkey, Egypt, India, and Pakistan contacted Tehran to urge Iran to cease attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran rejected the request, responding with the statement: “Security will be for everyone or for no one.”
On Thursday, the Israeli army announced a series of airstrikes against Iranian regime infrastructure, with reported explosions in Ahvaz, Qeshm, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Bandar Abbas.
A citizen sent a video to Iran International showing the destruction of the IRGC's Sayyid al-Shuhada base in Tehran Province, which was reportedly hit in joint attacks by the United States and Israel.
