Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: President Trump tweeted last night that if Iran threatens the United States, it will suffer consequences like, quote, "few throughout history have ever suffered before." Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also criticized Iran using milder language in a speech this weekend. This follows a comment that Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, made this weekend. He warned the U.S. that war with Iran would be, quote, "the mother of all wars." Now, all this is happening as some U.S. sanctions are set to be reimposed on Iran next month as a result of President Trump's decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. NPR's Peter Kenyon is following this story from Istanbul. Hi, Peter. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Hey, Noel. KING: All right, so tell us about this tweet from the president. It's a big one. KENYON: Well, you could call it the written equivalent of a tirade. In all capital letters, Trump warns Iran to never, ever threaten the United
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