REVOLUTIONARY GUARD THREATENS AMERICAN BASES:

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday 8 Oct. 2017 warned the United States against designating it as a terrorist group, saying USA regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning came after the White House said on 6 Oct. 2017 that President Donald Trump would announce new USA responses to Iran’s missile tests, support for "terrorism” and cyber operations as part of his new Iran strategy. "As we’ve announced in the past, if America’s new law for sanctions is passed, this country will have to move their regional bases outside the 2,000 km range of Iran’s missiles,” the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari said. He further warned that additional sanctions would end the chances for future dialogue with the United States. Jafari also said that Tehran would ramp up its defense capabilities, including its missile program, if the USA undermined a nuclear deal between Iran and Western powers. His comments come amid reports indicating that Trump plans not to recertify Iranian compliance with the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. The president must inform Congress whether Iran is complying with the deal by 15 Oct. 2017. (Reuters)