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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in flight on Air Force One after landing at US Air Force Base at RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, Eastern England, Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in flight on Air Force One after landing at US Air Force Base at RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, Eastern England, July 8, 2026. © Alex Brandon, AP Photo

US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing. “Orders have already been given, and the US Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. Read our liveblog to see how the day’s events unfold.

 

Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral saw open calls for his killing

 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.

Yesterday’s key developments:

  • US President Donald Trump briefed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about US operations in the Gulf after Iran reported fresh US strikes.
  • The US will oversee the withdrawal of Israeli forces from “pilot zones” in Lebanon‘s occupied south, with the first to get underway within days, Lebanese and US officials said.
  • Several ​explosions ​were heard in southern parts ​of ‌Iran ⁠including ‌Bushehr, where ⁠one of Iran‘s nuclear ​plants ‌is located, Konarak ‌and ​Choghadak, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

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