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Iran Guards chief vows 'decisive response' after Trump threat
'We have also ordered our naval units to target [US boats and forces] if they try to endanger the safety of our ships or boats of war,' says Major General Hossein Salami
Bahrain jails 138 for planning Iran-linked 'terror' group
Bahraini opposition swiftly condemns the verdict, while human rights group Amnesty International decries the 'mockery of justice' and 'mass arbitrary denaturalization'
Iran president says U.S. 'leader of world terrorism'
'Who are you to label revolutionary institutions as terrorists?' Iranian President Hassan Rouhani asks in a speech broadcast live by state television
Head of Iran Guards declares 'end of the sedition'
(UPDATED) General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the Revolutionary Guards only intervened 'in a limited way' against fewer than 15,000 'troublemakers' nationwide
Iran says its missiles into Syria hit ISIS targets
The June 18 strike comes after twin attacks in Tehran on June 7 killed 17 people in the first attacks in the Islamic republic claimed by ISIS
Iran tests more missiles in defiance of US warning
UPDATED The missile tests described by Iran s powerful Revolutionary Guards as a show of force in the face of US pressure come just weeks after the implementation of Iran s historic nuclear deal with world powers
Iran releases US sailors seized in Gulf
3rd UPDATE The sailors – 9 men and a woman – are freed after being seized in the Gulf
Minister says Iraq halts Tikrit operation to avoid losses
Iraqi forces halt a massive operation to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State ISIS group to avoid casualties and protect infrastructure
Iraqi forces enter ISIS-held Tikrit after 10-day push
A combination of army police and volunteer forces move into northern and southern Tikrit the hometown of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and a main ISIS stronghold
Concern grows for civilians as noose tightens around Tikrit
Concern mount over the fate of civilians in Tikrit where Iraqi forces are trying to trap Islamic State ISIS group jihadists
Iraq jihadists slow Tikrit advance
Outnumbered and outgunned the jihadists who have held Tikrit since June 2014 have been resorting to guerrilla tactics to disrupt the government s advance
Iraq forces take on Tikrit in biggest operation yet
Iraqi government forces have been working their way north in recent months notching up key victories against ISIS but Tikrit is their toughest target yet
