Iran threatens to strike US bases and 'blow up' the Middle East if Trump launches military action over nuclear deal - as American stealth bombers are deployed to Chagos Islands
By NATASHA ANDERSON
Published: 08:32 EDT, 28 March 2025 | Updated: 09:00 EDT, 28 March 2025
Iran has threatened to strike American bases and 'blow up' the entire Middle East if Donald Trump follows through on his warning of military action in the absence of a new nuclear deal.
President Trump earlier this month sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urging Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal. He warned: 'There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal.'
Iran has now sent a response to the letter - which they say was 'appropriately sent through Oman' - rebuffing Trump's warning to make a deal or face consequences.
'If the Americans attack the sanctity of Iran, the entire region will blow up like a spark in an ammunition dump,' Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Qalibaf said Friday.
'Their bases and those of their allies will not be safe,' Qalibaf said in a live speech at the annual Al-Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, that marks the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
Khamenei has called Trump's message deceptive and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday talks were impossible unless Washington changed its 'maximum pressure' policy.
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