Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran unless a new nuclear deal is reached, only escalating tensions in a region already on edge. ‘If they do not make a deal, there will be bombing,’ the US president told NBC News on Sunday.

Tensions are growing between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program with the U.S. president saying it could be bombed.

Iran is considering its options in deterring President Trump amid his repeated threats of direct military engagement by possibly launching its own strike on a U.S. base in the Indian Ocean.