Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.
Iran came close to conflict with the US when an American drone strike killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad on January 3.
Tehran retaliated with a missile barrage against an American base in Iraq days later.
"The Americans won't stay in Iraq and Syria and will be expelled," Mr Khamenei said.
Tehran has also summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents US interests in Iran, over measures Washington could take after an Iranian ship delivered fuel to Venezuela, the Mehr news agency reported.
A senior official in US President Donald Trump’s administration said last week that it was considering its response.
The oil sectors of Iran and Venezuela, members of Opec, are under US sanctions.
The US official declined to specify the measures being considered but said options would be presented to Mr Trump.
Iran's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, passed a message to the ambassador on Sunday, warning against any US threat to its tankers.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also wrote a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warning that any American measures against the fuel shipment would be dangerous, illegal and a form of piracy, the foreign ministry website said.
At least one tanker carrying fuel loaded at an Iranian port has set sail for Venezuela, according to vessel tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon on Wednesday.
That could help to ease an acute scarcity of petrol in the South American country led by President Nicolas Maduro, who many nations consider to be illegitimate.
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Venom
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed
Rating: 1.5/5
The specs: 2018 Chevrolet Trailblazer
Price, base / as tested Dh99,000 / Dh132,000
Engine 3.6L V6
Transmission: Six-speed automatic
Power 275hp @ 6,000rpm
Torque 350Nm @ 3,700rpm
Fuel economy combined 12.2L / 100km
Children who witnessed blood bath want to help others
Aged just 11, Khulood Al Najjar’s daughter, Nora, bravely attempted to fight off Philip Spence. Her finger was injured when she put her hand in between the claw hammer and her mother’s head.
As a vital witness, she was forced to relive the ordeal by police who needed to identify the attacker and ensure he was found guilty.
Now aged 16, Nora has decided she wants to dedicate her career to helping other victims of crime.
“It was very horrible for her. She saw her mum, dying, just next to her eyes. But now she just wants to go forward,” said Khulood, speaking about how her eldest daughter was dealing with the trauma of the incident five years ago. “She is saying, 'mama, I want to be a lawyer, I want to help people achieve justice'.”
Khulood’s youngest daughter, Fatima, was seven at the time of the attack and attempted to help paramedics responding to the incident.
“Now she wants to be a maxillofacial doctor,” Khulood said. “She said to me ‘it is because a maxillofacial doctor returned your face, mama’. Now she wants to help people see themselves in the mirror again.”
Khulood’s son, Saeed, was nine in 2014 and slept through the attack. While he did not witness the trauma, this made it more difficult for him to understand what had happened. He has ambitions to become an engineer.
At Eternity’s Gate
Director: Julian Schnabel
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaacs, Mads Mikkelsen
Three stars
