Donald Trump Considers Renewing Project Freedom Beyond Strait of Hormuz Amid Iran Talks

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was considering renewing “Project Freedom” while speaking to Fox News, adding that the renewal would expand beyond escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

“During a telephone interview with Fox News, Trump said he had not yet made a final decision about reactivating the project, noting that the new plan could include 'a broader military operation' that would protect navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as only part of it”

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Trump told Fox News that the renewed effort would be “just one small piece of a larger military operation,” and he said he had not made a final decision on whether to revive the mission.

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The Jerusalem Post reported that a US official said that “everything is prepared” should Trump order renewed military operations against Iran, while the same article said an Israeli official told the Post that Israel is prepared for scenarios including strikes on targets inside Iran.

The Anadolu Ajansı report said Trump warned that guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz would be only one component of a “larger military operation” this time, as he said Iran’s “hardline leaders” would ultimately back down.

The Anadolu Ajansı account also said Trump claimed Iranian negotiators told him Tehran lacks the technology to clean up radioactive material at its destroyed nuclear sites and that the US would need to retrieve the “nuclear dust.”

Trump said the ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “life support” after he “read that piece of garbage they sent us,” referring to the Iranian proposed terms, and he said “We’re going to have a complete victory.”

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.” I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei responded on Monday, asserting that Iran’s proposal to the United States was reasonable and emphasizing that the US continues to make unreasonable demands.

The Jerusalem Post reported that a senior US official said on Sunday that the president intends to press Xi to pressure Iran into agreeing to a deal on the nuclear issue, and it said Trump is expected to depart this week for a visit to China and a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

An Anadolu Ajansı update said on Sunday Iran sent Pakistan its response to a US proposal aimed at ending the war, but Trump dismissed it as “totally unacceptable.”

The Jerusalem Post said Trump convened a meeting with senior administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and top National Security Council officials, to discuss whether to resume strikes against Iran.

It also said a US official told the Post that “the American president appears to have lost patience and understands that, without some form of military action against Iran, nothing will move forward.”

The Daily Express report said Fox News reported Trump told co-anchor John Roberts that guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz would be “just one small piece of a larger military operation,” and it described Project Freedom as launched on May 4, 2026 to escort merchant ships.

An Anadolu Ajansı account said a ceasefire took effect on April 8 through Pakistani mediation, but talks in Islamabad failed to produce a lasting agreement and the truce was later extended by Trump without a set deadline.

The a5r5br.net report added that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharib Abadi warned that any deployment of French or British destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz under the pretext of “protecting navigation” would represent a dangerous escalation, and he said “Iran alone can establish security in the Strait of Hormuz.”