India, April 23 -- Iran on Thursday called India and China "cradles of civilisation" after US President Donald Trump shared the transcript of a talk show, which referred to the two Asian countries as "hellholes."

"China and India are the cradles of civilisation," the Iranian embassy in Hyderabad wrote on X. "In fact, the #hellhole is where its war-criminal president threatened to decimate the civilization in Iran."

This was in reference to when Trump warned that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" if Iran did not agree to his terms to end the war that the US started and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the remark ahead of a deadline he set for Tehran.

Iran's recent reaction came after Trump posted a transcript from a conserv...