Trump says hits on Iran could be 'five times bigger' than previous US attacks

US president Donald Trump said that renewed attacks on Iran could be "five times bigger" than previous strikes on the country.

He made the remarks during a phone interview with C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Primetime, where he also boasted about having "wiped out" Iran's navy, air force, anti-aircraft and their leaders.

"They want to make a deal. They don’t say that, you know, publicly," Trump said.

"In speaking with Qatar – as you know, the prime minister was in the Oval Office today – in speaking to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait … they’d rather do it this way rather than another hit, which would be approximately five times bigger than the first hit."