Donald Trump's chilling threat to Iran if US attacked amid Israel conflict
The US President said the US military would show their "full strength and might" if an attack was launched amid the conflict between Iran and Israel.
Donald Trump has spoken out on the conflict between Israel and Iran, which has left at least nine people dead and over 100 reportedly injured.
Israel had launched missiles at Iran on Friday, June 13, with Iran responding with its own barrage of strikes overnight. Those who lost their lives were between 10 and 80 years old.
Israel launched its own overnight attack, which struck the Iranian Ministry of Defence headquarters in the capital, Tehran. Israeli armed forces said it also targeted other locations which "advanced" Iran's nuclear programme.
An oil depot and fuel tank near the city were also hit on Saturday, causing a huge blaze to break out, but the situation is "under control", according to Iranian state media IRNA.
Iran had issued a stark warning to Western countries amid the conflict, including the US, UK and France, that it will target their military bases and ships if they continue to support Israel.
Nuclear talks between Iran and the US are not going ahead as planned on Sunday, and the US President has since threatened to respond in a way "never seen before" if their bases are struck, the Mirror reports.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister said on Saturday that his country's strikes have set Iran's nuclear programme back, potentially by years, but heavier strikes were still to come.
He said in a video message: 'We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days.'
Trump has threatened to respond to any Iranian attack on the US with "the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces".
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He distanced his administration from the attacks on Tehran from the city of Tel Aviv, stating Washington had no part in the ongoing conflict, in a post on his social media site Truth Social, as he warned Tehran not to bring the US into it.
He wrote: "If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!"
His remarks came as another round of missile strikes were exchanged between the two countries overnight, with Israel claiming eight people had died as a result of two hits on residential buildings.
Earlier this year, Trump gave the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 60 days to negotiate a nuclear deal, warning of consequences if an agreement could not be made. At the time, Trump urged Netanyahu to delay any attacks on Iran to allow time for negotiations.
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