Trump Declares End to Ceasefire with Iran After US Strikes at NATO Summit

At the NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared that the ceasefire memorandum with Iran is over from his perspective following recent American military strikes. Trump stated, "I don't want to deal with them anymore," calling further negotiations a waste of time. He described the Iranian targets as "very sick people" and said the US struck them "20 times harder than before." Trump accused Iran of wanting to assassinate him and labeled them as "like cancer" that must be eradicated.

Despite ending the ceasefire in his view, Trump left open the possibility of continued negotiations. He emphasized the severity of the US response to Iranian missile attacks on ships, which replaced previous funeral-related activities. According to a senior US official cited by The Wall Street Journal, the recent US strikes were four to five times more extensive than previous attacks since the ceasefire agreement was signed.

In response to the nighttime exchanges, Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned the violations of agreements in the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon, calling the interim arrangements ineffective. Iran warned regional countries against allowing the US to use their territories for attacks against Iran.