JAKARTA - Iran says the United States' attack on its nuclear site expands the reach of legitimate targets for its armed forces.
Iran calls US President Donald Trump a "trader" for joining Israel's military operations against the Islamic Republic.
Since Trump joined Israeli military operations by dropping massive bunker-destroying bombs on Iran's nuclear site on Sunday morning, Iran has repeatedly threatened to retaliate.
However, despite continuing to fire missiles at Israel, Iran has yet to take action against the United States, either by firing at US bases or by targeting 20% of global oil shipments passing near its coast in the Gulf estuary.
"Mr Trump, the gambler, you may start this war, but it is us who will end it," said Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesman for the headquarters of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya central military headquarters, on Monday, June 23 in a video footage reported by Reuters.
Iran and Israel attacked each other with airstrikes and missiles on Monday as the world prepares for Tehran's response.
The Trump administration has repeatedly said its sole purpose was to destroy Iran's nuclear program, not to open a wider war.
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But in a post on social media on Sunday, Trump publicly spoke about overthrowing the leaders of hardline clerics who have been Washington's main enemy in the Middle East since the 1979 Iranian revolution.
"It's not politically appropriate to use the term, 'Regime change,' but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why won't there be a regime change?? ? MIGA !!!" he wrote.
Experts observing commercial satellite imagery said the US attack damaged the location of Iran's Fordow nuclear plant, which was built inside the mountain, and possibly destroyed it as well as the uranium enrichment centrifuge in it.
Trump called the attack "The Right Target !!!".
"Large Damage Occurs at All Nuclear Sites in Iran," he wrote. "The biggest damage occurred well below the ground level," Trump said.
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