Iran threatened on Tuesday evening to target US interests and Washington's allies in the region if the United States carries out any attack on Iranian nuclear sites, considering that such a step would expand the scope of war in the Middle East.

Iranian state media quoted the Joint Supreme Military Command in Iran (Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters) as saying that "all interests of the United States and its allies in the region will be legitimate targets if Washington attacks Iranian nuclear sites."

The command added that any American strike against Iranian nuclear facilities would be considered an "expansion of the scope of war" in the region, stressing that the Iranian response would include US interests and its allies.

This threat comes after statements by US President Donald Trump in which he announced that the United States would "very soon" launch a strike targeting the Peacocks Mountain area, in a new escalation that increases tensions between Washington and Tehran.

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