Tehran warns of regional conflict if US attacks Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that if the US attacked Iran it would become a regional conflict, state media reported on Sunday, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

The US has built up its naval presence in the Middle East after President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened Iran with intervention if it did not agree to a nuclear deal or failed to stop killing protesters.

“(Trump) regularly says that he brought ships (…) The Iranian nation shall not be scared by these things...