Iran has threatened to sink US warships after they were sent to the Gulf by the Trump administration (Image: GETTY)
Tehran will take down the US military if America “commits the slightest stupidity”, a senior Iranian military official said. The United States on Friday announced the deployment of 1,500 troops to the Middle East, describing it as an effort to bolster defenses against Iran as it accused the country's Revolutionary Guards of direct responsibility for this month's tanker attacks.
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General Morteza Qorbani, an adviser to Iran's military command, told semi-official news
