'Never threaten Iran,' Iran president tells Trump

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday warned his American counterpart, Donald Trump, to "never threaten Iranian nation" after he issued a US strike list of 52 targets in Islamic republic.

"Those who refer to number 52 should also remember number 290. #IR655 Never threaten Iranian nation," he tweeted, referring to 290 lives lost in July 1988 when a US warship shot down passenger plane Iran Air 655 in Gulf.