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Iran Naval forces have orders to target US vessels if harassed: IRGC chief cmdr.

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian naval forces have been directed to target American "terrorist" ships should they harass Iranian civil or military vessels off the Persian Gulf.

Major General Hossein Salami made the comment in response to a threat by US President Donald Trump that American forces in the Persian Gulf had been directed to shoot Iranian boats "out of the water.