Tehran, Aug. 4 -- Senior military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaee, said that Tehran was prepared to launch strikes on targets inside Ukraine following an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, but suspended the planned operation after Kyiv claimed the incident had been "a mistake."

Senior adviser Mohsen Rezaee, who is also a former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), made the remarks on Monday during a televised interview, saying Tehran had readied retaliatory action on three targets in Ukraine before deciding to pause.

"We were ready to attack three areas in Ukraine," Rezaee said, as quoted by Iranian state media Press TV, in reference to the Ukrainian strike on an Iranian v...