Trump warns Iran not to attack the US
US President Donald Trump has warned Tehran of retaliation “at levels never seen before” if it decides to attack America in any way amid the escalation between Iran and Israel.
On Saturday, Fars News Agency reported, citing a source with access to the military leadership in Tehran, that the Iranian response to the IDF’s strikes on the country “will spread to all areas occupied by this [Israeli] regime and related US bases in the region in the coming days.”
Tehran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir Iravani, said earlier that the American support for West Jerusalem has made Washington complicit in Israeli aggression against Iran.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Sunday to caution Tehran, saying “if we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.”
The president insisted that “the US had nothing to do with the attack on Iran tonight.” He also urged Tehran to return to diplomacy, claiming “we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict.”
The sixth round of nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran, which had been scheduled to take place in Oman on Sunday, was canceled after Israel hit multiple targets across Iran on Friday, including uranium enrichment sites, while also assassinating several senior military commanders and scientists. West Jerusalem described the attack as a preemptive measure aimed at stopping Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
Iran, which has repeatedly denied pursuing a military nuclear program, said the airstrikes were tantamount to a declaration of war and responded by launching multiple volleys of ballistic missiles at targets in Israel, including in the country’s largest city, Tel Aviv.
The two countries continued to exchange strikes overnight, with Israel hitting Iran’s energy infrastructure and what it called sites “related to the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project.”
Tehran responded by firing more missiles at targets across Israel, including near Haifa and Tel Aviv, killing at least 10 people and wounding around 200 others, according to medics and media
