Jul 11, 2026 03:55 PM IST Trump threatens Iran after open calls for the US leader's assassination during ayatollah's funeral President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for the U.S. leader's killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Middle East 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 U.S. 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.
So far, Tehran has not done so, instead insisting that the route remain under its control and that it be allowed to charge ships moving through it, upending decades of precedent that considers the strait an international waterway.There had been multiple days of U.S. airstrikes targeting Iran, as well as Iranian retaliatory fire targeting nations across the Middle East.
Those strikes had been sparked by Iran attacking three ships in the strait earlier this week.
On Truth Social on Friday, Trump declared the ceasefire over but said the U.S. would continue negotiations.
