Trump Says 1,000 Missiles Are Aimed at Iran After Strait of Hormuz Attacks

President Donald Trump said the U.S. ceasefire with Iran was "over" after Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and he added that "1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran" if the regime made an attempt on his life.

In response, Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge for his father’s death, while CBS News reported that an Iranian delegation traveled to Oman on Saturday to continue negotiations via mediators despite a with the U.S. that derailed the truce agreed to under the mid-June memorandum of understanding signed by President Trump and his Iranian counterpart.

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The dispute centers on conflicting interpretations of the memorandum’s Strait of Hormuz clause, with the CBS News readout quoting that "the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels" and the U.S. offering a separate route through the strait along the Omani coast.

CBS News also reported that Iran believes the wording means ships should follow its route hugging the Iranian coast, while the U.S. has offered a separate route, a discrepancy that it said caused Iran to target ships on the southern route with missiles and drones.

In parallel, ABC News described how the ceasefire and MOU broke down as the U.S. retaliated again after Iranian strikes on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump declaring on the sidelines of the NATO summit that the ceasefire deal with Iran was "over" and calling Iranian counterparts "scum" and "sick people."

Even as Trump declared the ceasefire over, NBC News reported that Trump said the Islamic Republic of Iran had asked to continue "talks" and that the U.S. agreed, while also stating in the same Truth Social post that "the United States has stated to them, in no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER!"

NBC News added that Qatari negotiators were meeting officials in Iran on Friday to seek to de-escalate tensions and to discuss navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran and the U.S. exchanged fire.

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Bloomingbit reported that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the parliamentary speaker who has led Iran’s side in the war-ending talks, said on July 10 that ending the war remained the top priority but that "this conflict will never end with Iran’s surrender."

Bloomingbit also quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei denying Trump’s claim that Iran had sought talks, saying Tehran had made no such request to the U.S. while accepting a visit by a Qatari mediation team.

In the background of the standoff, CBS News said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi met in Muscat, the capital of Oman, and that the readout said they exchanged views on mechanisms for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz "in accordance with Article 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding."

ABC News said the 60-day ceasefire agreed to in a mid-June Memorandum of Understanding formalized the ceasefire, ended the U.S. naval blockade, reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and dangled economic incentives including a broad waiver on oil sanctions, but it also described how the strait quickly became the key sticking point.

ABC News reported that the agreement only declared that Iran needed to use "its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels, with no charge for 60 days only" and did not rule out the possibility that Iran could enact "service fees" down the road, a gap that Iran used to justify continued control and attacks on ships using other routes.

France 24 reported that the U.S. launched fresh air strikes on Iran early Thursday and that Tehran responded by firing missiles at Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan hosting U.S. military forces, while explosions were also reported near Iran's nuclear power plant.

France 24 said Iran’s Health Ministry reported that in Iran the two days of American air strikes had killed at least 14 people and wounded another 78, and it added that the U.S. Central Command said it hit 90 targets across Iran.

With the standoff escalating, eciks.org reported that Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over” on Wednesday at a NATO summit in Ankara, and it said the escalation began Tuesday when Iran attacked three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz near Oman, including the Qatari liquid gas carrier al Rekayyat, the Saudi crude tanker Wedyan, and the Liberian-flagged Cyprus Prosperity.