It comes hours after President Trump said Washington was "not ready" to do a deal with Tehran. Citing a video which reportedly shows Iranian involvement in the attack, he said: "Iran did do it and you know they did it because you saw the boat. Iran written all over it". He added that his administration is yet to calculate their response, but that it "won't be taken lightly."
The two leaders were commenting after Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s diplomatic visit to Iran, in which he pledged to de-escalate tensions between Washington and Tehran, failed.
Just last month, Mr Trump gave Mr Abe his blessing to mediate between the nations, saying that the US were looking to advance peace talks.
However, this latest development – in conjunction with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s allegations that Iran was behind the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman – have raised concerns over an imminent conflict.
The US President said: “While I very much appreciate Prime Minister Abe going to Iran to meet with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, I personally feel that it is too soon to even think about making a deal.
“They are not ready, and neither are we!”
Ayatollah Khamanei and President Trump got in a war of words (Image: GETTY)
Japanese PM met with Rouhani as well (Image: GETTY)
His words came hours after two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman – just miles off the coast of Iran.
Despite the attacks happening at the same time
