National security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, Emirati ambassador to Washington said to have had talks in December on Tehran, non-aggression pact between Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem

Iran's Atomic Energy Organization and its head Ali Akbar Salehi face sanctions, but foreign companies working on Tehran's civilian nuclear program are still exempt

Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami says America, Israel 'will definitely regret it' if Washington continues menacing Iran's top military leaders

Top Iran envoy Brian Hook threatens new Quds Force chief Esmail Ghaani: 'They can't attack America and expect to get away with it'; Iran condemns 'governmental terrorism'

State department targets IRGC's Hassan Shahvarpour over 'massacre of 148 helpless Iranians in the Mahshahr region,' but Washington adds Iran is deescalating tensions

Katz, Pompeo call on nations to add the political wing of Iran-backed Lebanese group to terror list, following UK move

Israel and US welcome move and call on other nations to blacklist the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group; step follows British government decision last March

Some fear that by making American deaths the threshold for response, Washington may be signaling to Tehran that it can continue lower-level provocations

Charge comes as Pentagon said mulling sending up to 7,000 troops to region; Washington calls Iranian demonstrations 'worst political crisis' ever faced by regime

State Department's Iran envoy slams 'deeply hypocritical regime' for shutting down internet while top officials continue to use accounts