Current sectionMiddle East NewsIran NewsIran's warning of retaliation against Ukraine comes as both sides trade accusations over a strike that killed one Iranian crew member and wounded three others. 'Even if it was a mistake, it still requires compensation,' Mohsen Rezaee, a senior adviser to Iran's leadership, saidShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeHaaretz06:32 PM • August 04 2026 IDTIran was prepared to strike three locations in Ukraine in response to what Tehran said was a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea last week, a senior military adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Monday.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Iran - U.S.Middle EastRussiaIranUkraineAli KhameneiEuropean UnionVolodymyr ZelenskyyWorld PoliticsStrait of HormuzCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesGaza Board of PeaceElbit-UAEIsrael KatzCeuta Michigan PrimaryElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIran Considered Strikes on Ukraine as Caspian Sea Tensions Spiked, Adviser SaysMichigan Voters Head to Polls in 2026's Most Consequential Primary on IsraelVindicated! A Plant That Darwin Thought Was Carnivorous Really IsA Concentration Camp Turned Paintball Arena Is Testing Serbia's Holocaust MemoryIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab EmiratesTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of Commander'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-Sayed