President Donald Trump said the U.S. was considering military force in response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.

Tensions surrounding Iran are drawing dangerously close to a breaking point, with President Trump threatening military action against the regime that has mercilessly slaughtered hundreds of its own people in a ruthless crackdown on protests.

Amid the US threat of military action, Iran has said that ‘all American military centres, bases and ships in the region will be our legitimate targets’. But does Tehran have the firepower to carry out such an attack?

President Donald Trump is reportedly leaning toward authorizing military strikes on the Iranian regime as it continues to violently clamp down on protesters.

Last year in June, Tehran launched missile strikes against a US base in Qatar after vowing to retaliate when US forces directly attacked Iran’s three main nuclear sites following weeks of threats by Trump. US officials said the missiles had been successfully intercepted and no casualties were reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke as Israel goes on high alert and Iran faces mounting anti-regime protests.

Iran’s parliament speaker warned Sunday that the U.S. military and Israel would be "legitimate targets" if America strikes the Islamic Republic over the ongoing protests roiling the country, as threatened by U.

Iran’s parliament speaker warns that the U.S. military and Israel could be 'legitimate targets,' possibly in a preemptive attack, if the U.S. strikes Iran over ongoing protests.