Trump threatens there will be 'no more Iran' after US ceasefire crumbles
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The US and Iran have accused each other of violating the terms of the ceasefire after the two countries exchanged fire
Days after US President Donald Trump signed a peace agreement with the country, US Central Command (Centcom) declared it had hit multiple targets across Iran.
It said in a statement: ‘Iran was given a chance to honour the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit MT Kiku [a Panama-flagged tanker].’
Meanwhile, Trump said ‘the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist’ if it doesn’t stop alleged violations of the peace agreement.
Taking to Truth Social, he said: ‘United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!
‘It is very possible that they will never learn! There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started.
Last week, the Strait of Hormuz was ‘closed’ by Iran, with ships needing to seek permission to pass through the contentious waterway.
Iran accused the US of a breach in the ceasefire agreement, citing ongoing Israeli strikes in Lebanon – the end of which was a requirement of the peace deal made by the two countries.
The US has responded by reportedly having US fighter jets conduct strikes on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait.
According to the IRGC’s statement, the US attacked five coastal posts in Iran under ‘the pretext of the IRGC Navy confronting the offending ship’.
In retaliation, it said it had launched ballistic missiles and drones at ‘eight key pieces of infrastructure’ at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait and the Fifth Naval Fleet in Port Salman, Bahrain, ‘destroying them’.
An American official told Reuters no building had been damaged.
‘Any potential enemy aggression, under any pretext, even if the aggressions are against minor targets, as happened last night and tonight, will have a crushing response,’ said the IRGC in a statement.
Iran warned that this could lead to a complete breakdown in any progress made regarding the peace talks with the States.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the ‘brutal attacks’, calling them a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
It added that the US ‘does not place the slightest value and credibility on its commitments, and breaking promises is part of its nature.’
Meanwhile, after the latest strikes from the US, Trump wrote on Truth Social that it was ‘very possible’ that Tehran would ‘never learn.’
‘There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,’ he declared.
After the US strikes, both Kuwait and Bahrain reported that their air defence systems had been activated.
‘Kuwaiti air defences are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks,’ the Kuwaiti Armed Forces said in a statement shared to X, which included strict safety instructions for the public.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior also urged citizens to ‘remain calm and head to the nearest safe place’.
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