Iran warns US against attacking nuclear, sensitive sites

Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned early Wednesday that if the United States attacks Iran's nuclear and other sensitive sites, Tehran will expand its strikes and target US and its allies' interests across the region, Iranian state media reported.

The warning came in a statement carried by Iranian media in response to a threat by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day, in which he said US forces would "pretty soon" strike an Iranian nuclear facility reportedly located beneath a mountain in the central province of Isfahan.

The headquarters said the US had threatened to attack Iran's nuclear and sensitive centers, adding that if the US Army enters such a phase, Iran will consider it as an expansion of the war in the West Asia region and launch a "powerful attack" against the interests of the US, its allies and supporters.