Donald Trump, President of america, speaks throughout a press convention on the NATO Summit on the Presidential Advanced in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026. (Picture by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto through Getty Pictures)
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President Donald Trump threatened to “decimate and destroy” Iran if Tehran acts on threats to assassinate him, because the U.S. Treasury Division sanctioned an alleged Iranian financier.
Iran mentioned Saturday that the brand new monetary measure violated the preliminary deal the 2 warring international locations struck final month as its overseas minister reportedly arrived in Oman for talks.
“1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed on the Islamic Republic of Iran, with hundreds of extra to instantly observe, ought to the Iranian Authorities act on its menace, pronounced in lots of corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or try and assassinate, the sitting President of america of America, on this case, ME!” Trump wrote on Reality Social late Friday U.S. time.
“Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Navy is prepared, keen, and ready, for a one 12 months time frame, topic to extension, to utterly decimate and destroy all areas of Iran – PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!,” he added.
The Wall Avenue Journal and different U.S. media reported earlier this week that Israel had shared intelligence about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump.
Based on Reuters, some mourners on the funeral on Thursday of Iran’s slain Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike early within the conflict, carried banners studying: “We Will Kill Trump.”
MASHHAD, IRAN – JULY 09: Large crowds collect for the burial of Iran’s late supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the Imam Reza Shrine on July 09, 2026 in Mashhad, Iran. (Picture by Majid Saeedi/Getty Pictures)
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In a submit on X, Khamenei’s son and successor as Iran’s supreme chief, Mojtaba Khamenei, promised to avenge the deaths of these killed in U.S. strikes.
“This vengeance is what our nation is demanding, and this should undoubtedly be performed,” Mojtaba Khamenei mentioned. He has not been seen in public because the assault on Feb. 28 at the beginning of the conflict that killed his father and different members of the family.
Talks in Oman
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim Information Company reported that Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Oman early Saturday for talks. Oman has been a key mediator in efforts to finish the conflict.
A senior Center East diplomat with direct data of the talks instructed MS Now that France and the U.Ok. are finding out proposals drafted by Oman that will enable the charging of navigational charges within the Strait of Hormuz, as long as the tolls aren’t obligatory and have the assist of the UN’s Worldwide Maritime Group, which regulates sea transport.
Delivery visitors by way of the strait virtually floor to a halt after the beginning of the conflict, as Iranian forces choked off very important vitality provides from the Center East, sending oil costs hovering.
Beneath the interim cope with the U.S., Iran promised secure passage to industrial ships by way of the strait and agreed to not cost tolls for 60 days. In change, the U.S. lifted its naval blockade of Iran and quickly eliminated sanctions on its oil gross sales.
However Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy mentioned on Sunday it has closed the strait till additional discover after firing a warning shot at a vessel it mentioned had tried to transit alongside an unapproved route, Reuters reported, citing state media.
Tehran has insisted within the three weeks because the deal that ships are entitled to secure passage provided that they use a northern route by way of Iran’s territorial waters.
The U.S. president’s newest verbal salvo got here after a day of relative calm following per week of preventing and fears {that a} fragile ceasefire may very well be about to interrupt down.
Trump mentioned early Friday mentioned that america and Iran have agreed to proceed peace talks, although the ceasefire established by final month’s preliminary deal has been scrapped.
In a Reality Social submit, Trump claimed that the Islamic Republic “has requested us to proceed ‘talks'” and that “we’ve got agreed to take action.”
“However america has acknowledged to them, in no unsure phrases, that the Stop Hearth is OVER!” Trump wrote.
Iran’s state media channels didn’t instantly affirm or deny that it had requested to proceed negotiations.
‘Technical talks’
Trump’s early Friday submit confirmed a report by MS NOW, citing a U.S. official, that the warring powers will interact in “technical talks” and stay dedicated to discovering options regardless of a return to hostilities.
The U.S. navy performed renewed rounds of offensive strikes in opposition to Iran in retaliation for the three industrial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz coming beneath assault. The U.S. Treasury Division subsequently withdrew a waiver that had allowed Iran to promote its oil.
Treasury subsequently stepped up the strain on Iran with sanctions in opposition to an alleged financier it accused of serving to Supreme Chief Khamenei.
“Following Iran’s resumption of assaults on worldwide delivery within the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Division of the Treasury’s Workplace of Overseas Belongings Management (OFAC) took motion in opposition to Iranian monetary facilitator Ali Ansari (Ansari), who oversees a sprawling international community of property benefitting Iran’s chief—Mojtaba Khamenei—and different regime elites,” the division mentioned in a assertion.
“The so-called Supreme Chief is hiding in seclusion whereas his regime crumbles,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was quoted as saying within the assertion. “Treasury will proceed utilizing each software at its disposal to isolate him and different regime elites from the worldwide monetary system. We are going to protect these property for the Iranian folks.”
Araghchi mentioned the transfer violated the June memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran.
“Iran has up to now stored its phrase, not like the so-called U.S. Treasury Secretary who’s violating Para 9 of the MoU,” Araghchi mentioned in a submit on X.
“That violation follows different violations and missteps by america. Actuality verify: There can solely be mutual compliance,” he added.
