US President Donald Trump issued a fresh military warning to Iran after calls for his assassination surfaced during Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral. As tensions escalated over attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump warned of massive missile strikes if Tehran threatened shipping, while Iran continued asserting control over the strategic waterway.
Dubai: US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the region.
Trump made the comments on his Truth Social after senior US officials demanded that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won't be attacked any longer.
So far, Tehran has not done so, instead insisting the route remain under its control and that it be allowed to charge ships moving through it, upending decades of precedence considering the strait an international waterway.
There had been multiple days of US airstrikes targeting Iran, as well as Iranian retaliatory fire targeting nations across the Mideast. Those strikes had been sparked by Iran attacking three ships in the strait earlier this week.
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