IRGC official warns US over threats to Shia clerics

A senior commander in the Revolutionary Guards warned on Saturday that any harm to Shia religious authorities would provoke a severe response against US personnel in the region.

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the IRGC’s coordinating deputy commander, was quoted by state-affiliated Mehr News Agency as saying that “any American military, diplomatic, or administrative personnel in the region could be targeted if an attack on a cleric were attempted".