Trump threatens Iran over nukes
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"If they don’t do a deal, there will be bombing," Trump said Sunday.
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"The enmity from the U.S. and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a strong recipr...
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Iranian lawmaker Amir Naderi said, "If we were also armed with an atomic bomb, Trump would not dare threaten bombing."
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities and individuals in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and China whom it accused of being part of an Iranian weapons procurement network, as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up pressure on Tehran.
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Iran and Russia took decisively different approaches in response to President Donald Trump's threats as Tehran vowed action against any "mischief" while the Kremlin remains tight-lipped.
The United States issued fresh Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday targeting six entities and two individuals based in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates, the Treasury Department said on its website.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday the U.S. would receive a strong blow if it acts on Trump's threat to bomb unless Tehran reaches a new nuclear deal.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized two overseas-registered tankers in the Persian Gulf accused of fuel smuggling.
U.S. President Donald Trump said this week that if Iran did not strike a deal with the United States over its nuclear programme "there will be bombing", adding to U.S. ally Israel's long-standing threat to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.