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By PERKIN AMALARAJ

Published: 11:22 BST, 13 June 2025 | Updated: 11:25 BST, 13 June 2025

US president Donald Trump has threateningly told Iran to agree to a nuclear deal or face more ‘death and destruction’, following Israel’s shock attack on its nuclear and military facilities. 

Overnight, Operation Rising Lion targeted sites in Tehran as well as Iran’s nuclear facilities in a devastating wave of air strikes – escalating fears the Middle East is on the brink of all-out war.

Explosions boomed across the Iranian capital as simultaneous raids targeted buildings said to be the homes of senior military commanders and advisors – with pictures showing how drones blasted through the walls of high rise blocks.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the sophisticated operation, which involved a barrage of explosive-laden drones and more than 200 Israeli jets, targeted an Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz as well as the country’s ballistic missile program.

Though the US initially sought to distance itself from the attack, Trump has now told Iran: ‘There is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, before there is nothing left.’

He said in a post to Truth Social: ‘I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. 

‘I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come – And they know how to use it. 

‘Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse! 

US president Donald Trump (pictured) has threateningly told Iran to agree to a nuclear deal before there is 'nothing left'

US president Donald Trump (pictured) has threateningly told Iran to agree to a nuclear deal before there is ‘nothing left’

‘There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. 

‘Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!’ 

Early this morning, Iran launched a swarm of 100 drones towards Israel in retaliation to Israel’s strikes. 

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel ‘should anticipate a severe punishment’, adding that military forces ‘won’t let them go unpunished.’

Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign ministry said its army would not ‘hesitate to defend Iran’s sovereignty with full strength and in the manner they deem appropriate’.

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Trump says ‘I gave Iran chance after chance’ and says regime hardliners ‘spoke bravely – now they’re DEAD’ following Israeli attack, as he warns them to sign nuclear deal or face more ‘death and destruction’

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