'There will be bombing', Trump tells Iran if it fails to reach nuclear deal
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Iran would be bombed and face additional tariffs unless it agrees to a nuclear deal with the US. "If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing. And it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before', Mr Trump said in a telephone interview with NBC News. He added that no deal would also result in secondary tariffs "like I did four years ago." He said officials from the US and Iran were in discussions, but did not provide further details. In his first term in office, Mr Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Mr Trump also reimposed sweeping US sanctions on the country. Since then, Iran has far surpassed the uranium enrichment limits set out in the initial agreement. Tehran has so far rebuffed Mr Trump's warning to make a deal or face military consequences. Iran last week issued a response through Oman to a letter from Mr Trump, in which he urged Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. Mr Araghchi said he believed it was no longer possible to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and that attempting to do so would not serve Iran's interests. Mr Araghchi, who was among Iran's negotiators on the deal, said the agreement could not be revived in the same format because of advances in Tehran's nuclear development and increased US sanctions. However, he suggested the deal could serve as a base for a potential agreement in the future. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that the country rejected direct nuclear negotiations with the US, but he left open the possibility of indirect talks. It comes after weeks of seemingly mixed messages from within Iran. Videos from Quds Day demonstrations on Friday showed people instructing participants to shout only: 'Death to Israel.' Typically, 'Death to America' is also heard. Footage of an underground missile base unveiled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also showed its troops stepping on an Israeli flag painted on the ground. But there was no American flag, which is often also seen in such propaganda videos. Western powers have accused Iran of aiming to develop nuclear weapons by continuing to enrich uranium to higher levels. Tehran says its nuclear programme is only for civilian purposes.
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