Florida, May 1 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said military action was taken against Iran's nuclear programme to save the Gulf region, including Israel, from the threat posed if Tehran had been successful in having a nuclear weapon.

Speaking at the Villages Charter School in Florida, Trump described the stakes of the confrontation with Iran.

"Because we have to take a little journey down to a beautiful country known as Iran, and we have to make sure that they don't have a nuclear weapon. He added, "We stopped them with the B2 bombers. If we didn't do that, they would've had a nuclear weapon. Israel, the Middle East, and Europe would have been blown to pieces."

He also claimed Iran's military capacity had been signi...