Afghanistan, April 6 -- Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned that the entire region could "burn" in response to renewed threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, sharply escalating rhetoric as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to rise. In a post on X late Sunday, Ghalibaf accused Trump of dragging the United States toward a broader and more dangerous regional confrontation.

"Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living hell for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu's commands," Ghalibaf wrote, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also said Washington would gain nothing through what he described a...