Donald Trump issues EXPLOSIVE threat to Iran President Hassan Rouhani

US President Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary threat at Iran in a furious tweet declaring “you will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before”.

To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018

His outburst comes after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Iran’s capital of Tehran, saying “America should know … war with Iran is the mother of all wars.”

War with Iran is the mother of all wars and peace with Iran is the mother of all peace.

Rouhani also shared a message for Trump, saying “do not play with the lion’s tail, because you will regret it eternally.”

Rouhani also warned Trump that the “mother of all wars” would take place if the US maintained its hostilities towards Iran.

Mr Trump, don’t play with the lion’s tail, this would only lead to regret, he told a gathering of Iranian diplomats.

America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.

You are not in a position to incite the Iranian nation against Iran’s security and interests.

Rouhani scoffed at Trump’s threat to halt Iranian oil exports and said Iran had a dominant position in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping waterway.

Anyone who understands the rudiments of politics doesn’t say ‘we will stop Iran’s oil exports’ … we have been the guarantor of the regional waterway’s security throughout history, Rouhani said, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the weekend said that the US was not afraid to sanction top-ranking leaders of the “nightmare” Iranian regime, pursuing a strategy aimed at Iranian compliance with stringent US demands.

Following Washington’s pullout from the Iran nuclear accord that stunned Washington’s closest European allies, Pompeo on May 21 unveiled the “new strategy” to force Iran’s submission to a dozen demands.

We weren’t afraid to tackle the regime at its highest level, Pompeo said in a speech to the Iranian diaspora in California, referring to sanctions levelled in January against Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran’s judiciary, for human rights violations.