Bomb threat not conducive to Middle East peace

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday the United States would receive a strong blow if it acts on the US president's threat to bomb Iran unless Teheran reaches a new nuclear deal with Washington.

The US leader reiterated his threat on Sunday that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for talks outlined in a letter sent to Iran's leadership in early March, giving Teheran a two-month window to make a decision.

"The enmity from the US and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don't think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow," Khamenei said. "And if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them."