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The IRGC aerospace commander warned that Tehran will target the NATO missile shield in Turkey if Iran is attacked. The chief of Iran’s Qods Force says he doesn’t fear US threats of assassination and is ready for “martyrdom.” Iran announced it will soon conduct a massive naval war game, code-named Velayat 90.

Iran claimed it arrested 12 CIA spies. Iranian officials say the arrested spies

Canada and the European Union announced further sanctions on Iran. France called for sanctions on an “unprecedented scale,” and urged a halt to purchases of Iranian oil and a freeze on its central bank assets. Russia called the sanctions “unacceptable.” Iran said the sanctions “will have no impact.”

In a new round of sanctions, the UK ordered its financial institutions to stop doing business with Iranian banks, including the central bank. The US plans to name Iran a “primary money laundering concern.” The Iranian foreign minister said sanctions were hurting the economy.

The US plans to adopt new sanctions targeting Iran’s petrochemical industry. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning an Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US.

Iran’s civil defense organization detected the Duqu computer virus. Similar to the Stuxnet computer virus, Duqu is aimed at sabotaging Iran’s nuclear sites.

A massive explosion at a base in Bid Ganeh on the outskirts of Tehran killed 27 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The blast is thought to have been an caused by an accident that occurred as ammunition was being moved.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei denounced the UN nuclear report as a fabrication and said any invader would “receive a strong slap and iron fist.” US Defense Secretary Panetta warned of the consequences of military action against Iran. France threatened “unprecedented sanctions.” The US planned to sell “bunker buster” bombs to the UAE.