US President Donald Trump has announced that the ceasefire deal with Iran is “over." In a major statement at the NATO Summit 2026 in Ankara, Turkey, the US president said that negotiations with Tehran were a “waste of time.”
Trump said that the US is preparing for another night of strikes against Iran.
“We hit them very hard last night,” Trump said when asked about a possible return to hostilities. “We’ll probably hit them hard again tonight, ”Trump made the remark in Ankara on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
Trump's remarks also come after the US launched fresh strikes against Iran on late Tuesday, reigniting tensions. In response, Iran launched fresh attacks on US military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and other Gulf countries. Track LIVE updates here
Earlier at the press conference with NATO chief Mark Rutte, Trump, in response to the journalist who asked if the ceasefire with Iran was “done” and the 14-point MoU was “dead,”, Trump said that it was “over for him”.
“For me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with the Iranians. They are scum, they are sick people. They are led by sick people and are vicious, violent people,” said Trump in the live press conference.
{{/usCountry}}“For me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with the Iranians. They are scum, they are sick people. They are led by sick people and are vicious, violent people,” said Trump in the live press conference.
{{/usCountry}}“We attacked, very powerfully last night, the very dangerous people from Iran... There's something wrong with them. We say, 'Go and do your funeral stuff,' and instead of that, they start shooting rockets at ships yesterday. So we hit them very hard last night,” Trump told reporters on the recent US strikes against Tehran.
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US-Iran war resumes?
While we wait for a comment from the Iranian regime and IRGC, fresh fighting erupted between the US and Tehran after Washington launched fresh strikes in the region.
In a statement from the US Central Command, Washington confirmed it carried out a new round of "offensive strikes" against Iran.
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"US forces struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international trade corridor," said the CENTCOM statement.
As per the US, these attacks were a retaliation after Iran allegedly targeted three commercial vessels transiting the strait - Marshall Islands-flagged M/T Al Rekayyat, Saudi Arabia-flagged M/T Wedyan, and Liberian-flagged M/T Cyprus Prosperity.