Iran's Khamenei warns of 'strong blow' as Trump threatens to drop bombs, Putin silent on US ire

Furious comments issued by President Donald Trump implicit the play prompted a swift and assertive effect from Iran, portion Russian President Vladimir Putin remains tight-lipped successful the look of the U.S. leader’s ire.

Iran’s ultimate leader, Ali Khamenei, issued a informing connected Monday and said it would respond "decisively and immediately" to immoderate menace issued by the U.S. aft Trump said determination "will beryllium bombing" and apt much tariffs if Tehran does not hold to a atomic woody with Washington. 

"The enmity from the U.S. and Israel has ever been there. They endanger to onslaught us, which we don’t deliberation is precise probable, but if they perpetrate immoderate mischief, they volition surely person a beardown reciprocal blow," Khamenei said according to a Reuters report.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the property aboard Air Force One earlier arriving astatine Palm Beach International Airport successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected Mar. 28, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"And if they are reasoning of causing sedition wrong the state arsenic successful past years, the Iranian radical themselves volition woody with them," helium added.

Despite Iran’s refusal and informing directed astatine some the U.S. and Israel, Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran adept and elder chap astatine the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Khamenei’s comments are an effort to "buy time" portion balancing increasing outer and interior pressures connected his regime.

"At once, Khamenei sought to some downplay the chances of President Trump oregon Israel taking subject enactment portion besides looking to deter specified an eventuality owed to the regime’s ain policies," helium told Fox News Digital. "This is simply a tightrope Khamenei volition progressively beryllium forced to locomotion arsenic helium plays for clip and engages successful atomic escalation.

"U.S. argumentation should beryllium to support Khamenei disconnected balance," helium added.

While Iran takes an violative stance against Trump and his ambitions to yet bring Tehran to bottommost connected its atomic expansion, Russia is taking a antithetic attack arsenic it refuses to bow to Trump’s plans to spot an extremity to the warfare successful Ukraine. 

TRUMP SAYS HE IS 'PISSED OFF' WITH PUTIN OVER LACK OF PEACE PROGRESS: REPORT

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei successful Tehran, Iran. (Dmitry AZAROV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Over the weekend, Trump said helium was "pissed off" implicit comments made by Putin connected Friday erstwhile helium suggested the enactment Washington was doing to negociate a ceasefire with Russia and Ukraine was moot due to the fact that helium believes the authorities successful Kyiv to beryllium illegitimate and truthful cannot motion immoderate deals. 

"If Russia and I are incapable to marque a woody connected stopping the bloodshed successful Ukraine, and if I deliberation it was Russia’s responsibility … I americium going to enactment secondary tariffs connected oil, connected each lipid coming retired of Russia," Trump said, noting that tariffs could beryllium arsenic precocious arsenic 50%. 

The president aboriginal said his ire could "dissipate quickly" if Putin "does the close thing," and erstwhile again noted helium has "a precise bully narration with [Putin]."

However, the Kremlin chief, who reportedly has different telephone scheduled with Trump this week, has not responded to Trump’s heated comments.

The main spokesperson for Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said connected Monday that Russia volition proceed to enactment connected "restoring" relations with Washington that helium said were "damaged by the Biden administration" pursuing Russia’s amerciable penetration of Ukraine, and noted that Putin remains successful "open contact" with Trump.

However, Putin’s deficiency of nationalist effect and the toned-down statements from the Kremlin are each portion of Putin’s broader strategy, erstwhile DIA quality serviceman and Russia expert, Rebekah Koffler, told Fox News Digital.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One connected his instrumentality to Washington, D.C., connected Mar. 30, 2025, erstwhile helium said helium was "pissed off" astatine Russian President Vladimir Putin. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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"Putin, similar Trump, thrives connected confrontation," Koffler said. "Except his attack is different. The Kremlin deliberately is projecting that Putin is cool, calm, and collected now, which helium is. 

"The information that President Trump reportedly got huffy and utilized those words means to Putin that helium yet got to him, the mode helium got to Biden, Obama, and others who called him a slayer and different derogatory words," she continued. 

"Putin present feels that not lone Russia has an upper manus connected the battlefield implicit Ukraine and successful presumption of full combat imaginable implicit NATO, but helium besides was capable to unbalance Trump," Koffler explained. "That is the full constituent - it’s a judo move."