It's time for the United States to hold Iran accountable.

Donald Trump has had a stark warning from the Iranian defense minister who says the President-elect could trigger a world war if he provokes country’s in the Middle East.

The billionaire’s election victory has highlighted the prospect he could order the US to pull out of a nuclear pact which Barack Obama signed in 2015.

f this goes ahead, it could potentially cause the “destruction” of Israel and other small Gulf Arab States.

Trump was very critical of the agreement which allowed Iran to have sanctions lifted on its oil and industry finance in return for the country having its nuclear program limited.

In September last year, Trump said: “Any commander-in-chief worthy of defending this nation should be prepared to stand up on 20 January 2017 (inauguration day) and rip to shreds this catastrophic deal.”

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