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. 

Araqchi on Friday was reported by state media as saying that while Trump’s letter contained threats, it also left the door open to diplomacy. He did not elaborate.

The US, however, has seemingly issued its own warning to Iran and its rebel proxies by deploying at least three B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia island.

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