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

Iran could assassinate Donald Trump while he sunbathes at his Mar-a-Lago resort, a top cleric has warned. An advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Javad Larijani, said Trump could be wiped out with a drone strike at his sprawling resort in Florida.

Show” host called the threat “an attack on all of America, because now we all have to picture him with his bare belly glistening in the sun.”