Tehran fires cruise missiles at USS Lincoln aircraft carrier

Iran fired cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the military said in a statement carried by state television, warning of further launches when the strike group's ships come in range. “The Iranian Navy's Qader cruise missiles (shore-based anti-ship missile) targeted the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier belonging to the US and forced it to change its position," the statement said. It cited Navy chief Admiral Shahram Irani, who said the carrier group's movements were "constantly being monitored... and as soon as this hostile fleet comes within range of our missile systems, it will be subjected to powerful strikes".

ISRAEL HITS SUBMARINE FACILITY
The Israeli military said Wednesday it had struck a submarine development facility in Isfahan, a day after its air force carried out a wave of strikes on the central Iran city. “As part of the strikes, the IDF guided by Iraeli navy intelligence, targeted the Iranian terror regime's Underwater Research Centre in Isfahan," the military said. “The centre is the only facility in Iran responsible for the design and development of submarines and support systems for the Iranian navy," it said, adding that the site also produced various types of "unmanned vessels".


RUSSIA PULLS OUT STAFF
Russia pulled another group of staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Wednesday after what it described as a "reckless" air strike near the plant's reactor. A projectile landed within the plant's compound on Tuesday night, Iran's atomic energy organisation said, accusing the US and Israel of being responsible.