Iran says it downed another US drone over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it intercepted a US MQ-1

On Monday, Iran said it took down an advanced US drone over the Strait, shortly before Washington carried out airstrikes on southern Iran. Tensions have stayed at a boil ever since, with rumors swirling of an impending US attack on Iran and possible Israeli involvement.

The political ground shifted underneath all of it on November 3, when Republicans got walloped in the US midterms and handed both the House and Senate to Democrats. President Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled he's ready to launch another attack on Iran, framing it as a way to stop Tehran from reviving its nuclear program. He partly blamed the war against Iran — launched February 28 — for his party's defeats, but insisted he

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei fired back at the election fallout, saying anyone who thinks a change of US party will soften Washington's stance toward Tehran is

The threats aren't stopping at US targets. Hamidreza Moghaddamfar, an adviser to Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander, said Wednesday that Iran will retaliate against the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain if the US uses their bases in new attacks.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf piled on, saying American voters rejected the war against his country.