Iran parliament says Tehran has right to self-defence after Trump warning

Iran’s parliament speaker said on Tuesday (December 30) that Tehran has the right to defend itself and that its future actions may be "unexpected", after U.S President Donald Trump warned United States could support another major strike on Iran were it to resume rebuilding its ballistic missile or nuclear weapons programs.

Speaking beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday (December 29), Trump suggested Tehran may be working to restore its weapons programs after a massive U.S. strike in June.

"I've been reading that they're building up weapons and other things, and if they are, they're not using the sites we obliterated, but possibly different sites," Trump told reporters during a press conference.

"We know exactly where they're going, what they're doing, and I hope they're not doing it because we don't want to waste fuel on a B-2,” he added, referring to the bomber used in the earlier strike. "It's a 37-hour trip both ways. I don't want to waste a lot of fuel."