US president's pronunciation of Ali Khamenei's name sounded to some suspiciously close to the Islamic Republic's founder, Ruhollah Khomeini

Tehran's downing of a sophisticated US drone - albeit a large, slow one - shows it knows how to use its missile systems, though it still lags far behind US capabilities

Aide to supreme leader warns his country can 'totally obliterate' US bases in the Gulf

Iranian president denounces sanctions against foreign minister Zarif; military spokesman says Washington ruptured path of diplomacy by also targeting supreme leader Khamenei

Tehran envoy to UN says atmosphere for dialogue not ripe after Washington slaps new sanctions on Islamic Republic; statement from world powers does not single out Iran

Islamic Republic's foreign minister targeted with fresh sanctions, along with its supreme leader, Khamenei

Trump describes move as 'strong and proportionate' response to Tehran downing an American drone, will add FM Zarif to list later this week

After top US diplomat says he's trying to 'build out a global coalition' against Tehran, Berlin official says US has not spoken to them directly

Minister calls operation said to target missile systems 'cyber-terrorism, like Stuxnet,' referring to attack on Iranian nuclear facilities blamed on Israel, US

Channel 12 reports that Jerusalem concerned Tehran could try and harm Israel, either directly or through one of its proxies