LIVE | Iran vows worldwide vengeance to avenge Larijani: 'It will hit everyone, regardless of wealth, religion or race'

"The wave of worldwide repercussions has just begun and will hit everyone, regardless of wealth, religion or race," Iranian Foreign Minister Abas Araqchi warned.

For his part, the head of the Iranian army, Amir Hatami threatened to avenge the death in an Israeli bombing in Tehran of Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. "Thepure blood of this great martyr [Larijani] and the other beloved martyrswill be avenged," General Hatami said in a statement issued by the Tasnim Agency.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Wednesday that his army killed Iranian Intelligence head Esmail Khatib.

"Last night, Iran's intelligence minister, Khatib, was eliminated as well," the Israeli minister said in a statement. His death follows that of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani, confirmed Tuesday by authorities in Tehran.

The price of a barrel of Brent Brent crude oil was down 2.82 % to $100.5 a barrels at the close of Asian exchanges, which were somewhat calmer, and that of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) lost more than 4 % to $92.


Fluctuations that come on the heels of Iraq's announcement that it will resume a portion of its oil exports, namely 250,000 barrels per day transported by pipeline to a Turkish port, following an agreement with the authorities of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.

At least four forceful explosions reverberated in Erbil, capital of autonomous Kurdistan in northern Iraq, according to AFP journalists, after pro-Iranian armed groups have in recent daysstrung together drone attacks against U.S. military and U.S. interests.

The Israeli army launched repeated attacks on central Beirut, killing at least six people, officials said.

It also carried out bombings in eastern and southern Lebanon, where an evacuation order triggered panic in the region of Tyrus, a Unesco World Heritage port.

Iranian authorities executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, the first execution since the start of the war with Israel and the United States, the judiciary said Wednesday.

"The death sentence of a spy for the Zionist regime, who supplied images and information on the country's sensitive locations to Mossad agents, was carried out this morning," the Iranian judiciary's Mizan website said.

An Iranian projectile fell near an Australian military barracks in the United Arab Emirates, said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who said there were no injuries.

Two people were killed near Tel Aviv, emergency services said, at a site where Israeli police had reported falling rocket fragments launched from Iran.


With these two deaths there are now 14 Israelis killed in the Middle East war.