United States President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the NATO summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Claudia Radecka/Nurfoto via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump threatened to “destroy and destroy” Iran if Tehran follows up on threats to assassinate him, as the US Treasury Department sanctioned an alleged Iranian financier.
Iran on Saturday said the new financial measures violate a preliminary agreement reached between the two warring nations last month as its foreign minister reportedly arrived in Oman for talks.
“1000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, and thousands of missiles are immediately forthcoming, should the Iranian government act on its threat, which has been expressed in many corners of the world, to assassinate or attempt to assassinate, in this case, the sitting President of the United States, me!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Late Friday night American time.
He said, “Orders have already been given and the US military is ready, willing and able, for a period of one year, subject to extension, to completely annihilate and destroy all areas of Iran – praise Allah!”
wall street journal And other US media reported earlier this week that Israel had shared intelligence about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump.
According to Reuters, some mourners at the funeral of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US airstrike at the start of the war, carried banners that read: “We will kill Trump”.
MASHAHD, IRAN – JULY 09: A large crowd gathers for the burial of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the Imam Reza Shrine on July 09, 2026 in Mashhad, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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The US President’s latest verbal appeal comes after a day of relative calm after a week of fighting and fears that a fragile ceasefire was about to break down.
Trump said early Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed to continue peace talks, even if the ceasefire established by last month’s initial agreement is scrapped.
one in satya social postTrump claimed that the Islamic Republic “has asked us to continue ‘negotiations'” and “we have agreed to do so.”
“But the United States has told them in no uncertain terms that the ceasefire is over!” Trump wrote.
Iran’s state media channels did not immediately confirm or deny that it had asked for talks to continue.
‘Technical Talks’
Trump’s initial post on Friday confirmed this report MS Now, citing a US official, said that the warring powers would engage in “technical talks” and remain committed to finding a solution despite a return to hostilities.
The US military launched renewed offensive attacks against Iran in response to the attack on three commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The US Treasury Department later withdrew the waiver that had allowed Iran to sell its oil.
The Treasury Department later increased pressure on Iran with sanctions against an alleged financier whom it accused of helping new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late leader Ali Khamenei.
“Following Iran’s resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Ali Ansari (Ansari), an Iranian financial facilitator who oversees a vast global network of assets benefiting Iran’s leader—Mojtaba Khamenei—and other regime elites,” the department said in a statement. statement.
“The so-called supreme leader is hiding in isolation while his regime collapses,” the statement quoted Treasury Secretary Scott Besant as saying. “Treasury will continue to use every tool at its disposal to isolate him and other regime elites from the global financial system. We will preserve these assets for the Iranian people.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the move violates a memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Iran in June.
“Unlike the so-called US Treasury Secretary, who is violating Paragraph 9 of the MOU, Iran has so far kept its word.” Araghchi said in a post on X.
He said, “This violation follows other violations and missteps by the United States. Reality check: There can only be mutual compliance.”
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that Araghchi arrived in Oman early Saturday for talks. Oman has been a key mediator in efforts to end the war.