Iran has threatened a “crushing” response to any US military strike on the country’s nuclear facilities, following reports that Donald Trump had asked advisers about options for taking action against its main atomic site.
“We have said it before, and repeat it now, that any action against Iranian people will face a crushing response,” Ali Rabiei, Iran’s government spokesman, told journalists on Tuesday.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that President Donald Trump asked his senior advisers on Thursday for military strike options that he could take in the coming weeks against Iran’s principal nuclear site. The Natanz facility is the country’s top uranium enrichment facility, located 250km south of Tehran.