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

Javad Larijani, senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Donald Trump could be killed "as he lies there with his stomach to the sun" at his Mar a Lago resort in Florida

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to make light of the assassination threats made against him by Iran Wednesday.The president was asked Wednesday during a meeting with five African leaders about taunts made by an Iranian senior advisor to the Ayatollah about a striking Trump in the navel while sunbathing at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.