{"id":2330,"date":"2025-03-31T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:08:07","slug":"iran-warns-us-of-decisive-response-to-trumps-threats-of-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"Iran warns US of \u2018decisive response\u2019 to Trump\u2019s threats of bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Monday that the US would face a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump\u2019s threat to bomb Iran unless Tehran agrees to a new nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reiterated his threat on Sunday that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for talks outlined in a letter sent to Iran\u2019s leadership in early March, giving Tehran a two-month window to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Iran issued a warning on Monday regarding Trump\u2019s threats to Switzerland\u2019s embassy, which represents US interests and acts as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran. Tehran expressed its determination to respond \u201cdecisively and immediately\u201d to any threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enmity from the US and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don\u2019t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow,\u201d Khamenei said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities have blamed the West for recent unrest, including the 2022-2023 protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained for allegedly flouting hijab rules, and nationwide protests in 2019 over fuel price rises.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Iran responded to the US letter, with President Masoud Pezeshkian explaining on Sunday that Tehran would not enter direct negotiations with Washington but was willing to continue indirect talks, in line with an injunction from Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn open threat of \u2018bombing\u2019 by a head of state against Iran is a shocking affront to the very essence of international peace and security,\u201d Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei tweeted on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence breeds violence, peace begets peace. The US can choose the course and concede to consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Commander Amirali Hajizadeh also issued a warning to US forces in the Middle East, stating that \u201cAmericans have at least 10 bases in the region with 50,000 troops. They are in a glass house and should not throw stones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his first term from 2017-2021, Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers, which had placed strict limits on Tehran\u2019s disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also reimposed sweeping US sanctions. Since then, Iran has far exceeded the uranium enrichment limits set by the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Western powers accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons capabilities by enriching uranium to a high level of fissile purity, above what they argue is justifiable for a civilian atomic energy program. Tehran, however, insists its nuclear program is entirely for civilian energy purposes.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Monday that the US would face a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump\u2019s threat to bomb Iran unless Tehran agrees to a new nuclear deal. Trump reiterated his threat on Sunday that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}