US President Donald Trump says the US-Iran ceasefire is “over”, after both countries exchanged strikes, the BBC reports.
“I don’t want to deal with them anymore, they’re scum,” he says. “It’s just a waste of time dealing with them, they’re liars”
Late on Tuesday, US Central Command said it fired at more than 80 Iranian targets, including over 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats.
In response, Iran said it targeted US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
The US attacks followed attacks earlier in the week on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has not directly claimed responsibility for.
Nato chief Mark Rutte says the US strikes were “absolutely necessary”, accusing Iran of “basically violating the ceasefire”.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says it’s the US who breached the truce
Last month, Tehran and Washington signed a 14-page memorandum of understanding, aimed at extending the ceasefire and ending the conflict “on all fronts.”
