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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to extend a renewed war beyond the Middle East if the US resumes attacks against Tehran.

The warning came after Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran again if it did not accept a deal to end the conflict.

In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency in Iran, the IRGC said: “Should aggression against Iran be repeated, the regional war that was promised will this time extend beyond the region, and our crushing blows in places you can scarcely imagine will reduce you to ashes.”

The warning comes after US president Donald Trump said Washington could strike Iran again if no deal on a lasting settlement is reached in the coming days.