Iran-US war latest: Trump reveals he’s ‘left instructions’ in case he’s assassinated with dire consequences for Tehran

Writing on Truth Social, he said Iran “has asked us to continue ‘talks’” and acknowledged that the United States had agreed to engage.

But the president also said Washington has informed Tehran “in no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER!”

His comments come after US Central Command forces struck Iranian islands, ports and infrastructure for two consecutive nights to retaliate for what the U.S. described as Iranian attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump has issued a warning to Iran amid reports that the country may try to assassinate the US president.

“I’ve been on their list for a long time”, Trump told the New York Post. “I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before”.

“They want to take out the U.S. leader — me”, the president said earlier this week. “And so far, I guess I’ve been a bit lucky, but maybe that doesn’t last very long. These are evil, sick people”.

Daily tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to have slowed on Friday, ⁠after the series of attacks stoked concerns about the recovery of global oil supplies and shipping, and highlighted the fragility of the interim truce.

Talks in Iran aim to address the implementation of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and the issues that triggered the recent escalation between Washington and Tehran, including disputes over navigation ‌in the strait, the source said.

Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news ​agency said a Qatari delegation visited Iran in what ‌analyst said appears to ⁠be an effort by Doha to consolidate its role as ⁠a mediator. It follows Qatari accusations against Iran over an alleged incident in ‌the strait.

Oil prices eased ​on Friday but remained ‌on track for weekly gains of ​5% after the flare-up.

A Qatari ​delegation visited Iran on Friday in what is believed to be ⁠an effort by Doha to consolidate its role as a mediator after a ⁠recent escalation ​in hostilities ⁠in the Gulf, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim ⁠news agency reported.

Tasnim said the ​visit ⁠followed what ‌it described as Qatari accusations against Iran over an ‌alleged incident in ‌the Strait of Hormuz and subsequent U.S. attacks on ⁠Iranian military and civilian targets.

A source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Friday that Qatari negotiators were meeting Iranian officials ‌in an effort to ​de-escalate tensions and ‌create conditions ⁠for broader negotiations, adding that ⁠the talks were being ‌conducted in coordination ​with the ‌United States.

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said ⁠on Friday that first six employees ⁠of Iran‘s ​Bushehr ⁠nuclear power plant ⁠have begun ​returning to ⁠the plant, ‌Russia’s RIA said citing its ‌CEO Alexei ‌Likhachev.

Rosatom, which is building ⁠two new units at Bushehr, evacuated hundreds of staff after the United ‌States and ​Israel launched ‌a war ⁠against Iran ⁠on February ‌28.

However, a New York Times report cites industry experts who warn that the Qatari plane lacks the advanced antimissile capabilities that kept the older models secure, leaving it exposed to risk outside of American airspace.

Donald Trump has agreed to return to negotiations with Iran but insisted that the “ceasefire is over” after the two sides traded strikes this week.

Trump wrote on Truth Social: “The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue “talks.” We have agreed to do so, but the United States has stated to them, in no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over ⁠the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s “unilateral decision” to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping agency’s governing council agreed on Friday.

The U.S. and Iran exchanged hostilities this week, including U.S. military airstrikes, prompted by attacks on ships that Washington said Tehran carried out.

The attacks renewed concerns ⁠about the recovery of global oil supplies and shipping, ​and ⁠highlighted the fragility of an interim truce to end the more than four-month conflict while the U.S. and Iran hammer out a lasting agreement.

The IMO ‌Council “strongly condemned” Iran’s decision to “establish an entity purporting to control traffic through the strait,” according to the text of a non-binding decision reached.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to a near standstill after the US carried out a second day of strikes on Iran, raising fresh doubts about the fragile truce between the two sides.

Just two ‌tankers had sailed through the strait in the early hours of Thursday, while the US-supported Omani corridor was empty of observable traffic. Shipping industry sources ​said vessels were increasingly switching off their public AIS tracking transponders, making it harder to see all ⁠of the ships crossing.

Trump has had a target on his back ever since he launched an airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, during his first term.

When asked about the latest reporting, the White House pointed to Trump’s recent comments: “They want to take out the US leader – me. And so far, I guess I’ve been a bit lucky, but maybe that doesn’t last very long”.