Tehran, July 22 -- Iran on Wednesday warned the United States that any attack on its underground nuclear or sensitive facilities would trigger a wider regional war, after President Donald Trump said Washington would "soon" target the heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site.
In one of Tehran's strongest warnings since the conflict with the United States escalated, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the operational command of the Iranian Armed Forces, said an attack on Iran's nuclear or other strategic facilities would be treated as "an expansion of the war in the region."In a statement issued early Wednesday, the military headquarters accused Washington of threatening Iran's nuclear infrastructure and warned of sweeping reta...