Washington/Tel Aviv/Tehran, June 13 -- In the aftermath of Israel's most recent strikes on Iran's nuclear facility in Natanz, US President Donald Trump said that all Iranian 'hardliners' who refused to reach a deal with Washington are now dead, issuing an ultimatum to Tehran, telling them to either reach a deal or continue facing 'the slaughter.'

Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote "I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest terms, to 'just do it,' but no matter how hard they tried, how close they got, they just could not get it done."

"Certain Iranian hardliners spoke barely, but they did not know what was about to happen. They are all dead now, and it will only get worse," he ...