Photo The Financial Times. Iran attacked Amazon's cloud infrastructure in Bahrain
According to The Financial Times, Tehran launched an attack on Amazon's cloud infrastructure located in Bahrain. Night strikes resulted in the destruction of the headquarters of Batelco, the main telecommunications operator in the country, where important Amazon servers were housed.
Donald Trump warned of the possibility of halting arms supplies to Ukraine if European countries do not join the coalition ensuring security in the Strait of Hormuz.
Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, who headed Iran's judiciary, became a victim of an Israeli attack on Tehran, as reported by the Al-Hadath channel citing its sources. Iranian authorities have not yet provided comments on this matter.
Mohseni-Ejei had been in office since July 2021, and previously, from 2009 to 2014, he served as Iran's Attorney General.
In the Strait of Hormuz, about 400 vessels are awaiting permission from Iranian authorities to pass, as reported by Al Jazeera. Currently, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), around 2,000 vessels are blocked in the region due to a partial blockade imposed by Iran, which only allows a small number of vessels from friendly countries to pass.
Argentina has recognized the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, thus supporting the position of the United States. This decision was made under pressure from the Trump administration, which is urging allies to take similar actions.
The Argentine authorities explained that this decision is related to the support that the IRGC provides to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which Buenos Aires considers responsible for the largest terrorist attack in the country—the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, which killed 85 people and injured hundreds.
The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, stated that Iran is ready to cease military actions if the U.S. and Israel provide guarantees of non-aggression in the future. This information was conveyed during a phone call with the President of the European Council, António Costa, as reported by EFE.
“We seek to stop this war, but only with the necessary guarantees against the repetition of aggression,” he noted.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad, according to CNN.
Emirates Airlines announced a ban on entry for Iranian citizens to its territory, as indicated on the airline's official website.
An Iranian missile struck an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar. According to the Ministry of Defense of the emirate, a cruise missile launched from Iran hit a tanker owned by the state company QatarEnergy in Qatari territorial waters.
In its statement, the Ministry of Defense reported on social media that on Wednesday, the Qatari Armed Forces managed to intercept two missiles; however, the third one did hit the vessel, which had 21 crew members on board, fortunately without any casualties.
Earlier, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that the tanker was hit approximately 17 nautical miles north of the Ras Laffan industrial facilities in Qatar.
