Trump says Iran will 'pay the price' following further US strikes
US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will ‘pay the price’ following strikes on American assets in the Middle East.
The Iranian strikes came in retaliation to strikes from America on Tuesday, and put a serious question over the already shaky ceasefire deal between the two.
On Wednesday, the 79-year-old seemed to threaten further military action as he condemned the time it is taking for deal negotiations.
US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will ‘pay the price’ following strikes on American assets in the Middle East. Pic: SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said: ‘They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great… now they will have to pay the price!
‘We’re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard.’
On Thursday, a second round of airstrikes on Iran were launched amid efforts to negotiate an end to the war.
TEHRAN, IRAN – JUNE 08: (âRESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TVâ) Citizens, carrying Iranian and Hezbollah flags, gather at Enghelab Square to hold a demonstration in support of the government following Iran’s missile attack on Israel, on June 08, 2026 in the capital Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The US Central Command confirmed the completion of the latest strikes on Iran, which concluded before sunrise.
They said the strikes were ‘in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression.’
Iran has since launched strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan. Airspace in Kuwait was closed temporarily while its air defences fought off the attack.
ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA – JUNE 10: The oil tanker Universal Winner, described as the first South Korean vessel to exit the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there since the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, arrives at the port of Ulsan, South Korea, on June 10, 2026, to unload crude oil. (Photo by Hwawon Ceci Lee/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A statement from the Iran Foreign Ministry, this week, explained that they had a ‘legal and moral responsibility’ to ensure their territory was not used by the US for further attacks.
The statement said that Iran would ‘not hesitate to exercise its inherent right to defend itself.’
Earlier in the week, 21 sites at US bases were targeted by Iran across the region, according to local publication Tasnim.
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This included bases operated by the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and a US air base in Jordan.
Five missiles from Iran were intercepted by armed forces from Jordan, while Bahrain’s military also confirmed they had intercepted some missiles and drones from Iran.
US Central Command confirmed the strikes, detailing that they had been ‘self-defence strikes’ as ordered by Trump.
The order came after a US Army Apache helicopter was shot down on Monday.
The helicopter had been patrolling the Strait of Hormuz during the incident.
The retaliatory strikes on Tuesday were a ‘proportional response to recent attacks on US forces and international commercial ships,’ Centcom said.
It comes as the American president faces backlash for his threats to attack major infrastructure in Iran.
Elsewhere, Trump confirmed he had ordered the US military to carry out a secret operation to support oil tankers and other commercial ships through the strait.
He told reporters: ‘I’m just announcing today for the first time, but we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil, millions of barrels every night.
‘Millions of barrels of oil has come out, and that’s why it’s at $85-$90 a barrel, instead of $250.’
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