Top US commander for Mideast quietly returns to Iraq to try mending relations after Soleimani… Fox News 13:39. The U.S.-Iran Naval War of 2019: What It Could Look Like . As effigies of Donald Trump and US flags are burned on the streets of Iran, America is bearing down on the Islamic nuclear power in a military move which could spark “all-out war”. Would Iran close the Strait of Hormuz, could it, and would the United States reply by force of arms if Tehran made the attempt? Iran is a very different proposition to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. However, it is worth to note that throughout the entire period of the so-called Cold War, USA managed to build approximately 70,000 nuclear warheads, what is more than all other countries with access to nuclear weapons combined. Iran vs USA: What would happen if US went to war with Iran? Lawmakers say CBP admits breaching protocol targeting Iranian Americans CNN 14:09. But that's simply not true. As effigies of Donald Trump and US flags are burned on the streets of Iran, America is bearing down on the Islamic nuclear power in a military move which could spark “all-out war”. US President Donald Trump says he ordered the assassination on Friday of Iran's top general, Qasem Soleimani, "to stop a war." The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Javad Zarif, wrote on his Twitter: Iran also has other resources to strike back, including cadres ready and able to carry out attacks in the United States and Western Europe. IRAN and US tensions are increasing by the day, as Donald Trump continuously ramps up aggressive rhetoric and Tehran retaliates. But comparisons between such a conflict and the 2003 Iraq war are unhelpful. The reality is that the United States has no motive to go to war with Iran based on its own national interests but seems to be prepared to do so anyway under pressure from Israel and Saudi Arabia. An Eye for an Eye Doesn’t Make Americans Safer Foreign Policy 13:27. From the first test that happened in 1945 to this day, the USA conducted 1054 tests of atomic bombs. "'Short war' with Iran is an illusion," Zarif wrote on Twitter, a day after Trump said he did not want a war with Iran but warned that if fighting did break out, it "wouldn't last very long". opinion Russia Unlikely to Stay Neutral if U.S. and Iran Go to War As U.S. tensions with Iran are changing course toward a possible military confrontation, the Russian factor is becoming more crucial. Iran-Iraq War (1980–88), prolonged military conflict between Iran and Iraq. Revolutionary Guards chief says presence of US aircraft carrier in Gulf poses no threat. Fighting was ended by a 1988 cease-fire, though the resumption of normal diplomatic relations and the withdrawal of troops did not take place until 1990. Tehran expectedly responded to Trump's hostile remarks, noting that the country "does not start a war, but teaches a lesson to those who do it." Estimates of total casualties range from 1,000,000 to twice that number.