Trump swears on live TV as he blasts Iran and Israel for ceasefire violations

Published on 24/06/2025 - 18:27 GMT+2

US President Donald Trump has lashed retired astatine some Israel and Iran, accusing them some of violating a ceasefire he had announced successful nan early hours of Tuesday morning.

Speaking to reporters astatine nan White House, he said he was very unhappy pinch Israel aft they "dropped a load of bombs" connected Iran aft nan truce to extremity almost 2 weeks of fighting was announced.

"We fundamentally person 2 countries that person been fighting truthful agelong and truthful difficult that they don't cognize what nan f**k they're doing. Do you understand that?" he railed.

Just aft 0700CET, Trump announced that a ceasefire betwixt nan 2 countries had taken effect, saying "Please do not break it!" successful a station connected Truth Social.

Around an hr later, nan Israeli authorities confirmed it had agreed to nan ceasefire connection pinch Iran indicating it would extremity attacks if Israel did nan same.

Two hours aft Israel agreed to nan truce, nan Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had identified missiles launched from Iran.

That prompted Defence Minister Israel Katz to instruct nan IDF to proceed attacking Tehran, slamming nan "complete violation" of nan truce's terms.

Iran denied it had fired immoderate missiles aft nan ceasefire came into effect pinch nan Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later saying it had struck "military and logistical centres" successful Israel "in nan last moments earlier nan ceasefire was imposed connected nan enemy."

After nan evident shaky commencement to nan ceasefire and Trump's exasperated outburst, nan US president later posted connected Truth Social saying, "Both Israel and Iran wanted to extremity nan War, equally! It was my awesome grant to Destroy All Nuclear accommodation & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!"

After US strikes connected Iranian atomic accommodation connected Sunday, Trump claimed that they had been "obliterated" but location is uncertainty arsenic to nan grade of nan harm that has really been caused to Iran’s atomic programme.

Satellite images from nan 3 sites nan US deed show damage, but experts work together nary of nan accommodation person been destroyed.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said "very important harm is expected to person occurred" but gave nary denotation immoderate of nan 3 sites – Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan – had been destroyed.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi maintained that Iran would extremity its attacks if Israel would, while Israel claimed that it had reached its intends of its operations and would besides cease hostilities.

USS Gerald R. Ford heads west

Meanwhile, nan US' astir precocious craft bearer has near its guidelines successful Virginia for a antecedently scheduled deployment that could position it adjacent to Israel.

The US was already readying to deploy nan USS Gerald R. Ford earlier American warplanes bombed Iranian atomic sites connected Sunday.

The bearer is presently sailing for nan European theatre of command, which includes nan Mediterranean Sea.

"What a naval ngo does is, arsenic you know, we're mobile and manoeuvrable. So we tin spell wherever we're tasked and past respond arsenic necessary. So wrong 1 day, we tin move this full onslaught group 7 100 positive miles," Rear Admiral Pail Lanzilotta said.

Nearly 4,500 American sailors departed connected Tuesday from nan US’ largest Navy guidelines successful Norfolk.