Larijani's remarks, even if intended as a joke, will add to speculation over possible retaliation by Iran for the U.S. attacks.

President Trump brushed off an Iranian official’s threat to assassinate him using a drone as he tans at Mar-a-Lago — saying he hasn’t sunbathed in years. “It’s been a long time. I don’t know, maybe I was around seven or so.

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to make light of the assassination threats made against him by Iran Wednesday.The president was asked Wednesday during a meeting with five African leaders about taunts made by an Iranian senior advisor to the Ayatollah about a striking Trump in the navel while sunbathing at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.