The U.S. Justice Department in November charged an Iranian man with a plot allegedly ordered by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to kill Trump when he was the Republican presidential candidate.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has left instructions to “obliterate" Iran if the country follows through on alleged threats to assassinate him.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran never plotted to kill Republican U.S. President-elect ... alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps to assassinate the U.S. president-elect.

citing Iran’s official IRNA news agency. According to the report, the warship—operated by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s navy—is designed to carry multiple squadrons of drones ...

The call comes amid growing US pressure on Iraq to prevent its financial system from breaching sanctions on neighbouring Iran ...