US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is in "no hurry" to reach a deal with Iran, adding that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will do "whatever I want him to do".
While revealing that the negotiations with Tehran are in the final stages, Trump said either there will be a deal or there will be war again. "We're going to do some things that are a little bit nasty, but hopefully that won't happen," he said.
In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the war will spread far beyond the Middle East if the US and Israel resume their strikes on Iran.
"If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you," read the IRGC statement.
"The American-Zionist enemy… must know that despite the offensive carried out against us using the full capabilities of the world’s two most expensive armies, we have not deployed the full power of the Islamic revolution," it continued.
Reiterating IRGC's stand, Iran’s army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia warned that Iranian military would "open new fronts against" the US if it resumed its attacks. He went on to says that the Iranian military had used the ceasefire as an opportunity to "strengthen its combat capbilities."
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who is a key negotiator from the Iranian side, said in an audio message released on social media that "obvious and hidden moves by the enemy" showed the Americans were preparing new attacks.
The war of words from both sides come as mediator Pakistan's interior minister Mohsin Naqvi is heading to Tehran for talks.
