Dhaka, June 15 -- President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a stark warning to Iran against retaliating on US targets in the Middle East while also predicting Israel and Iran would "soon" make a deal to end their escalating conflict.

Trump in a social media posting said the United States "had nothing to do with the attack on Iran" as Israel and Iran traded missile attacks for the third straight day. Iran, however, has said that it would hold the US-which has provided Israel with much of its deep arsenal of weaponry-for its backing of Israel.

Israel targeted Iran's Defence Ministry headquarters in Tehran and sites it alleged were associated with Iran's nuclear program, while Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences and slammed into bui...