US Iran war highlights: Saudi FM says two Riyadh refineries hit; Iran must review ‘misjudgements’

US Iran war LIVE updates: A missile fell on central Israel on Wednesday, while another was intercepted, Al Jazeera reported.

No injuries have been reported in the incident so far. A loud explosion was heard in central Israel earlier.

US Iran war LIVE updates: China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Wednesday said the country “firmly supports” the United Arab Emirates in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.

China also condemned the attacks on civilians and civilian facilities in UAE.

US Iran war LIVE updates: NATO is deploying another US Patriot missile defence system to the southern Turkish province of Adana, where personnel from the United States and other countries are located in the Incirlik Air Base, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and neigbhbours Iran, said last week the alliance had deployed a Patriot system to as part of steps to boost air defences against missile threats from the Iran war.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force commander, General Majid Mousavi, said that the troops will target Iran's enemies with its most daring strikes so far.

"Tonight, enemy skies are to turn into an even greater spectacle for you," Brigadier General Majid Mousavi wrote in a message for Iran on Wednesday, state media Press TV reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The Swedish security service on Wednesday said that Russia, China and Iran are the biggest threats to Sweden, adding that the ongoing US-Iran war has increased the threat to American, Israeli and Jewish targets in the country, Reuters reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's judiciary on Wednesday reported that an "attack" hit southern Iran, killing and injuring civilians and judicial staff.

The attack at a judiciary site in Larestan County in Iran's Fars province, reported the judiciary's Mizan news agency.

The site "was targeted in an attack by the enemy," Mizan said. "A number of staff members and civilians were martyred and injured; the exact number is still unknown."

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel's military on Wednesday said that its tank fire hit a UN position in southern Lebanon on March 6, injuring Ghanian peacekeepers. Initial findings by an internal inquiry had suggested that Israel was behind the attack, a Western military source told Reuters.

Israel's military acknowledged the incident in a statement to Reuters and expressed regret over it.

"A comprehensive investigation concluded in recent days determined that the fire that hit the UNIFIL personnel was mistakenly carried out by the IDF troops that misidentified the UNIFIL troops as the source of the anti-tank fire moments earlier," it said.

"The IDF regrets the incident and has conveyed its apologies through the appropriate channels to Ghana and the United Nations. The findings of the investigations have been disseminated within the IDF to prevent recurrence of similar incidents," it added.

US Iran war LIVE updates: At least four explosions were heard in the Iraqi city of Erbil in the autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday, AFP reported.

However, it was not clear what the target was.

AFP journalists reported seeing interceptions of projectiles over the city, which is home to a major US consulate complex and its airport also houses US-led coalition troops.

US Iran war LIVE updates: UAE deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister Abdullah bin Zayed strongly condemned Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates and extended his condolences to the families of people who were killed in these attacks.

"Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, expressed his sincere condolences and deep sympathy to the families of the victims of Iran's unprovoked terrorist attacks targeting the UAE. The victims, who lost their lives as a result of these blatant attacks, are Alaa Nader Awni from the State of Palestine; Murib Zaman Nizar, Muzaffar Ali Ghulam, and Ismail Salim Khan from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Ahmed Ali from the People's Republic of Bangladesh; and Dibas Shrestha from the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal", the statement said.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran is set to hold a funeral for its security chief, Ali Larijani, in Tehran on Wednesday, even as it vowed to avenge his death and launched a barrage of missiles at Israel.

Funerals for Larijani and Basij paramilitary force chief Gholam Reza Soleimani will take place in Tehran from 10:30 GMT (4pm IST), according Iran's Fars and Tasnim news agencies.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera it is unlikely that Iran would change its stance against the development of nuclear weapons.

Araghchi also cautioned that the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is yet to publicly express his view on the matter.

US Iran war LIVE: The Israeli Air Force announced that it completed a "wide-scale airstrike in Tehran", confirming that "command centres of the Iranian terror regime were attacked" during the regime.

"As part of a wide-scale airstrike in Tehran yesterday (Tuesday), the Air Force struck, guided by Military Intelligence, command centers, sites of the ballistic missile array, and additional infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime," it said in a post on X.

"In parallel, several air defense systems were attacked with the aim of expanding the Air Force's air superiority over Iranian skies. The completed strikes are part of the phase of deepening the damage to the core arrays of the Iranian terror regime and its foundations," it added.

US Iran war LIVE: Crude exports from Iraq's Kirkuk fields to Turkey's Ceyhan port have resumed via pipeline, Reuters reported, citing North Oil Company sources. This comes after Baghdad and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) agreed on Tuesday to restart flows.

The KRG confirmed the same and said in a statement that the two sides would form a joint committee to prepare for resuming oil exports, with revenue to be returned to the federal treasury.

US Iran war LIVE: Saudi Arabia's ministry of defence said that a hostile drone was downed during an attempt to approach the Embassies District. The development comes amid the increasing attacks on Gulf nations in the wake of the ongoing US-Iran war.

US Iran war LIVE: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated that the ongoing war is not Iran's war. In an interview with Al Jazeera, he said that Iran did not start the war.

"The United States started it and is responsible for all the consequences of this war -- human and financial -- whether for Iran, for the region, or for the entire world," Araghchi said.

"The United States must be held accountable," he added.

US Iran war LIVE: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera in an interview that Iran targets wherever the US forces assemble, including near urban areas.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran has reportedly claimed that at least 200 US military personnel were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the first week of the war.

A senior Iranian intelligence official told state media outlet Press TV that the US lost 150 missile launch platforms and 23 Patriot air defense systems, adding that a total of 37 aircraft and helicopters were also destroyed.

Additionally, 43 per cent of US weapons stockpiles have also reportedly been obliterated.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The International Maritime Organisation will begin an "extraordinary session" on Wednesday to discuss shipping in the Middle East region, as the US-Iran war escalates.

The London-based UN agency is set to consider adopting resolutions during the two-day gathering at its headquarters. The council could vote on Thursday on the several proposed resolutions.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The United Arab Emirates is reportedly set to show leniency on tax rules for expats leaving to avoid the ongoing Iran conflict, the Financial Times reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates The Qatari defence ministry confirmed that its "armed forces have intercepted a missile attack" that "targeted the country" on Wednesday.

The official statement comes amid the escalating attacks across Gulf countries in the wake of the US-Iran war.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reportedly struck more than 100 targets in Israel's Tel Aviv city in retaliation for the killing of its security chief Ali Larijani.

In a statement, the IRGC announced hitting the targets during the 61st wave of its ongoing retaliatory mission, Operation True Promise 4, in the face of the 'American-Israeli aggression'.

"The hostile objects were targeted using multi-warhead Khorramshahr-4 and Qadr missiles as well as Emad and Kheibar Shekan projectiles as a means of avenging the martyrdom of Dr Larijani, the former secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC)," the statement read.

US Iran war LIVE updates: A blast was heard in central Beirut after Israel issued a warning of an imminent strike and called on residents to evacuate the region.

"The enemy targeted the threatened building in Bashoura", a central Beirut neighbourhood, the official National News Agency reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Several global airlines cancelled more flights to Middle Eastern countries, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha, adding to the tensions of the tens of thousands of stranded passengers.

Carrier operators, including Air Baltic, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific, Delta airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Finnair, IndiGo, Malaysia airlines, Qatar Airways, and Japan airlines, cancelled their flights to several Gulf nations.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran reportedly executed a man accused of spying for Israel. The man was identified was Kurosh Keyvani.

Keyvani was found "guilty of providing Israel's spy agency, Mossad, with pictures and information about sensitive locations in Iran," Mizan news agency reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: After strikes on two areas in central Beirut, another Israeli strike hit the Lebanese capital's Bachoura neighbourhood on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing a witness, who also said that a loud explosion was heard in the area.