US President Donald Trump warned Iran’s supreme leader should be “very worried,” as both sides prepare for their first formal negotiations since the US bombed Tehran’s nuclear program last year.
Tensions between the two countries have escalated sharply in recent weeks following a deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on nationwide anti-government protesters that prompted Trump to send a US military “armada” to the region and threaten to launch strikes.
Iran’s military has warned that any attack would be met with an immediate and decisive response, including strikes on US forces and assets in the region.
“I would say he (supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)…