The financing of a $3.5 billion investment in Iranian gas production will come entirely from a state-owned company, as US opposition has put off foreign investors, officials at the Turkish Energy Ministry said yesterday.

Iran said despite the US’ “psychological war” against it, Washington is not in a position to launch a costly military offensive against the Islamic Republic after being embroiled in Iraq.

We all support the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), former Iranian Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi said, underlining solidarity of Iran’s left and right camps against the US efforts to label the IRGC as a terrorist group.