Bolton to warn Iranian regime of ‘hell to pay’

National security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday is expected to warn Iran that there will be “hell to pay” if they “continue to lie, cheat, and deceive” or if they “cross” the United States and its allies, according to excerpts of the speech published by media outlets.

“I might imagine they would take me seriously when I assure them today: If you cross us, our allies, or our partners; if you harm our citizens; if you continue to lie, cheat, and deceive, yes, there will indeed be HELL to PAY,” Bolton will say in a speech at an event organized by a group called United Against a Nuclear Iran, according to excerpts obtained by news outlets such as Axios and Reuters.

Bolton will also reportedly warn Iran that the U.S. “will come after you” if Iran doesn’t change its behavior.

{mosads}”The days of impunity for Tehran and its enablers are over. The murderous regime and its supporters will face significant consequences if they do not change their behavior. Let my message today be clear: We are watching, and we will come after you,” the excerpt reads.

Bolton’s speech comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

President Trump on Tuesday took aim at Iran during a defiant address at the United Nations General Assembly, calling world leaders to join the U.S. in isolating Tehran over its “aggression.”

“We ask all nations to isolate Iran’s regime as long as its aggression continues,” he told the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that he has “no plans” to meet this week with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. That came a day after Rouhani said he will not meet with Trump during his visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly.

Relations between the U.S. and Iran have soured since Trump announced in May that he was pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, which lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits on its nuclear program. In August, Trump reimposed the sanctions that had been lifted.

Bolton in his speech on Tuesday will call the Iran deal as “the worst diplomatic debacle in American history,” according to the excerpts.

“It did nothing to address the regime’s destabilizing activities or its ballistic missile development and proliferation,” he will say. “Worst of all, the deal failed in its fundamental objective: permanently denying Iran all paths to a nuclear bomb.”

The deteriorating relations between the countries escalated over the summer when Trump and Rouhani exchanged dire warnings.

Rouhani told a group of diplomats in July that “America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.”

Trump then responded with a tweet written in all-caps warning Rouhani to “never, ever threaten the United States.”