News of Sunday 24 February 2019

• Iranian Army Navy wraps up Velayat-97 drills; all objectives materialized
• Leader praises chess player for refusing to play against Israeli opponent
• Pentagon deems US military’s new $50bn tactical vehicle ‘not operationally suitable’
• West has turned Middle East into powder keg with arms sales: Zarif
• Iran has new plans to neutralize US sanctions, needs no deal with Washington: Shamkhani
• Iran hacked US drone command center in response to Washington's impudence: IRGC