The escalating rhetoric from both leaders comes as the U.S. has sent a carrier strike group and air defense systems to the Middle East.

Donald Trump said Sunday that if Iran does not make a deal regarding its nuclear program, "we’ll find out” whether Iran’s supreme leader was correct to predict that a U.S. attack on the country would spark a regional war.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Sunday remarks on a potential war come as Trump has weighed military action against Iran in response to the country’s nuclear ambitions and the government’s bloody crackdown on protesters.

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      3 hours ago

      What he did in his first term caused Iran align with Russia and help them with war in Ukraine.

      This is his primary objective. This is why he also didn’t help protesters. He absolutely doesn’t want overthrow Russia friendly government.

      Same with Venezuela (goal there was to force China to buy Russian oil)