The Iranian military today rejected a statement from a top Revolutionary Guards commander that Israel would be Iran’s first retaliatory target in response to any US attack, according to an Iranian news agency.

A top Revolutionary Guards commander said today that Israel would be Iran’s first retaliatory target in response to any US attack, a provocative threat that reinforced the Iranian president’s past call for Israel to be “wiped off the map”.

Iran successfully tested a new torpedo today, the latest new weapon it has unveiled during war games in the Gulf.