TEHRAN (Basirat): Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari shrugged off recent threats by the US administration to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero by November, saying such threats can be easily countered.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned his US counterpart not to play with the lion’s tail after Donald Trump’s push to halt Iran’s export of oil, saying a war with Iran would be “the mother of wars” and that control over the Strait of Hormuz is only one of Iran’s advantages.