Iran's Ahmadinejad calls for US bases to be 'eradicated': Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for United States military bases across the world to be "eradicated" and said there must be "fundamental change" in the next US government.

US holds Navy exercise after Iran comments on Gulf: "The aim of Exercise Stake Net is to practise the tactics and procedures of protecting maritime infrastructure such as gas and oil installations," Commodore Peter Hudson said in a U.S. Fifth Fleet statement.

Iran holds large-scale military drill: "The Zionist regime is pushing the White House to prepare for a military strike on Iran," Shirazi was quoted as saying. "If they show such stupidity, Tel Aviv and the US naval fleet in the Persian Gulf will be the first targets which will be set on fire in Iran's crushing response."

Ahmadinejad: Iran to cut off aggressors hands: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the Iranian nation will cut off hands of every aggressor before they can touch trigger.

Ahmadinejad: All should urge US, UK to dismantle their nuclear weapons: "As I have already said the era of domination, unilateralism, discrimination and bullying is now over." "Why should the US administration be allowed to produce nuclear bombs and use it against people but other nations should be deprived of benefiting from peaceful nuclear energy?" he asked.

Iran says it will hit Tel Aviv if attacked: Iran will hit Tel Aviv, U.S. shipping in the Gulf and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad: Zionist regime inherently doomed to annihilation: "They label us as aggressors but this is a big lie because the Iranian nation throughout the history never attacked any nation," he said. The Zionists are assigned to commit crimes, threaten others and invade Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon as well as threaten Iran and Iraq, he said.