U.S. military completes latest strikes on Iran after Trump says ceasefire is ‘over’

The United States and Iran traded a new round of attacks overnight into this morning, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end the war.

The American military said it hit around 90 targets in airstrikes across Iran, hours after President Donald Trump said he considered the tenuous ceasefire between the two countries over following Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran retaliated with attacks on three Gulf states — a wave of strikes that sparked alerts in U.S. allies Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait — as the two sides accused each other of violating the terms of their interim deal.

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The Syrian minister of foreign affairs posted a photo on X showing him and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on a plane, displaying what appears to be a directive from Trump ordering Syria’s removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

“Dear Mr. President, Today, I have notified Congress of my decision to rescind the State Sponsor of Terrorism designation for Syria,” the Trump-signed document reads, noting that Congress now has 45 days to review it. 

The White House did not immediately respond to an NBC News inquiry as to whether the document is authentic.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier on X that Trump had informed Congress of his intention to rescind Syria’s designation. Trump also raised the possibility during a meeting with Sharaa today on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey.

Syria had been blacklisted since 1979, when the State Department designated it as a country that has “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.” Other countries on the list include Iran, North Korea and Cuba.

About 6,000 seafarers remain trapped around the Strait of Hormuz, the head of the U.N. maritime agency said, as he condemned the latest U.S. and Iranian attacks that have further delayed their evacuation.

“These reckless attacks have again placed innocent seafarers in grave danger. No seafarer should have to risk their life simply for doing their job,” said Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization. 

Global trade is powered by about 2 million seafarers, many of them from Asian countries, including India and the Philippines, who spend much of their time away from home. At the height of the Iran war in March, 20,000 seafarers were trapped on about 2,000 vessels, the agency said at the time.

“This is not simply a matter of shipping statistics. Behind the figures are seafarers, and in some cases their families, who continue to bear the human cost of this conflict,” Dominguez said yesterday. “Too many seafarers have tragically lost their lives in connection with this conflict.”

Trump has insisted that Iran is desperate to make a deal with the U.S. to end the war, despite the recent escalation in hostilities between the two sides, with the president saying overnight that Tehran had called him over peace efforts.

Speaking aboard Air Force One last night, Trump insisted that Iran "wanna make a deal so badly," even after Washington accused Tehran of launching attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a back-and-forth series of attacks from both sides. "They called a little while ago," he said.

"I just don’t know that they’re worthy of making a deal. I don’t know that they’re going to honor the deal," Trump continued. "That’s the problem."

Asked why Tehran would attack commercial vessels amid the ongoing ceasefire with the U.S., Trump responded, "because they're sort of crazy, to be honest with you ... They're a little bit out of control, but they wanna make a deal badly."

The price of oil surged more than 4% today after Trump said the U.S. ceasefire deal with Iran was “over” and that the U.S. was planning additional strikes.

The price of U.S. crude oil jumped as high as $76 per barrel in the wake of Trump’s comments, its largest one-day increase since the beginning of June. It closed the day higher by 4.4% at $73.52 per barrel, bringing its two-day gain to more than 7%.

International oil benchmark Brent also spiked, rising as high as $80 per barrel, but finished the day at $78.02, up 5.2%. 

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The latest round of U.S. strikes against Iran has been completed, with about 90 Iranian military targets hit, U.S. Central Command said.

They include “air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline,” the command said in a statement.

It was the second consecutive day of U.S. strikes against Iran. On both days Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.

The attacks this week further imperil a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire as the two countries try to finalize a lasting agreement for ending the war that began Feb. 28. Trump said at the NATO summit in Turkey today that he considered the ceasefire to be “over” and that further negotiations would be a “waste of time.”

“I don’t want to deal with them anymore,” he said.

NATO allies reaffirmed their commitment to the “transatlantic bond,” saying that an “attack on one is an attack on all.”

As part of today’s summit declaration, NATO members said they will continue to adapt and respond to competition, instability, threats and shocks “that define our broader security environment.”

“Allies reiterate that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon and call on Iran to fully respect freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” the declaration reads in part.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it attacked two U.S. bases in Kuwait and two in Bahrain in response to the latest U.S. military strikes.

It identified the Kuwait bases as Arifjan and Ali Al Salem and the Bahrain bases as Juffair and Sheikh Isa, all of which have previously been targeted in Iranian attacks.

If U.S. aggression continues, the Revolutionary Guard warned, “our crushing responses will expand to other American bases across the region.”

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is also the lead negotiator in talks with the U.S., said on X that the Strait of Hormuz will remain open only through "Iranian arrangements."

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, on Wednesday.  Stringer / Reuters

"America still has not learned that bullying and breaking its commitments no longer come without consequences. Let me be clear: If you strike, you will be struck," Ghalibaf wrote. "Stop making futile moves that will only cause you to sink deeper. The Strait of Hormuz will remain open only through Iranian arrangements, not through American threats."

Sirens warning of a possible attack sounded in Bahrain in the early hours of Thursday local time, the Interior Ministry said on X.

"The siren has been sounded. Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," it said.

Mohsen Rezaie, the military adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and a former senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned that Iran's enemies would be "punished."

"The aggressor enemy and its accomplices will be severely punished," Rezaie wrote today on X.

U.S. military strikes killed a guard at the airport in the city of Iranshahr, in southeast Iran, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.

Trump told reporters on Air Force One this evening that the conflict in Iran "is not really a war" but instead is "a de-nuking of Iran."

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"This is really not a war so much. It’s a de-nuking of Iran, de-nuclearization of Iran," he said. "So this is all about taking nuclear weapons, not allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons, and everybody should like that."

Trump said "NATO came a long way today" after he left the summit in Turkey.

"It was a very, very good meeting, and people understand that the United States is — we’ve been treated very unfairly," Trump said. "And then, on top of that, they weren’t there for a really de-nuking."

Trump has repeatedly condemned European leaders for not joining in the war in Iran. However, he left the summit today claiming that "there was great unity in that room today."

Multiple explosions hit the southern Iranian city of Chabahar early Thursday local time, videos circulating online and verified by NBC News show.

In one video, several loud booms can be heard as a fireball appears behind buildings in the direction of the city’s port.

Another video shows the ruined facade of a maritime traffic control tower at the base of the pier. Iranian state media outlets reported damage to the port and the tower, as well as widespread power outages over half the city.

Trump posted a photo of huge flames and plumes of black smoke allegedly from attacks on the city of Chabahar in southern Iran, which had been posted on another social media account, and said the damage "is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran."

"If it happens again, it will get much worse!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Bushehr nuclear power plant did not sustain any damage during today's U.S military strikes, which did hit other parts of the city, the semiofficial Mehr News agency said.

"Tonight’s aggression by the terrorist American military against Bushehr has caused no damage to the nuclear power plant, and there is no cause for concern," the news agency said on Telegram. 

Explosions were heard in the cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirik in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.

Iranian media also reported attacks on both cities today.

About 10 explosions were heard in the cities of Chabahar and Konarak, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency. Both cities are on Iran's southern coast and east of the Strait of Hormuz.

"About 10 explosions were heard moments ago in Chabahar and Konarak, and electricity has also been cut to part of the city of Chabahar," IRNA posted on Telegram.

U.S. Central Command said additional strikes were carried out on Iran today.

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"At the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz," CENTCOM wrote on X.

"The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway," it said.

The U.S. military has begun another round of strikes inside Iran, a U.S. official told NBC News. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said today that the Islamic Republic will not respond to "vulgarity with vulgarity," a message that appears to be a reaction to Trump calling Iran's leaders "scum" at a NATO summit in Turkey.

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"Addressing the Civilized and Courageous Nation of Iran with derogatory language does not diminish its Greatness," Araghchi said in a post on X. "Iranians are known for their civility, culture, and strong moral values. We do not answer vulgarity with vulgarity, but with action: fearlessly and with great valor."

Earlier today at the NATO summit, Trump said, “They’re scum. You know what scum is? They’re scum. They’re sick people. They’re led by sick people, and they’re vicious, violent people.”

Vice President JD Vance said in remarks in Milwaukee today that if Iran continues to shoot at ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. is "going to knock the hell out of them."

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"The basic deal that we cut was we'll lift our blockade if you stop shooting at ships, but if you shoot at ships, we are going to punch back and we're going to punch back harder than ever before," Vance said as he took questions from the media at the event focused on fraud.

Vance said that Iran had been "well behaved for about a week, but then they start shooting at ships."

"So the deal is very simple: If they shoot at ships, we're going to knock the hell out of them, and it's that simple — and that's the basic way it's going to work," he added.

Trump faced questions from reporters over why he wasn’t flying back to the U.S. from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, in the new Air Force One as planned. NBC News’ Monica Alba reports on Trump’s response that the new plane will be picked up in the United Kingdom.

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Trump said during the news conference that he hasn't made a final decision about resuming U.S. sales of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

"We have a very strong relationship with Turkey," Trump said. "Now, it's a very big country, it's a very powerful militarily ... it's the second most powerful country in NATO."

"So, whether or not we do that — I haven't totally made up my mind — but my inclination is to say, look, he's done everything, he's helped us in so many different ways," he said in response to a question about whether he reached an understanding with Erdogan on Turkey returning to the F-35 program.

Trump had signaled yesterday that he was open to selling the jets to Turkey again.

Trump was asked twice during the news conference about why he isn't flying back to the U.S. in the new Air Force One. He first dodged the question with a lengthy response about threats to his life from Iran and his popularity on TikTok.

Then, another reporter asked directly, "Why aren’t you flying on the new Air Force?"

"It’s flying to Europe, to one of the big bases, two or three of the big bases, where we can show it to the people," Trump said, adding that he would be "going home by normal methods."

"It’s going to go to a couple of bases [and] stop so the soldiers can see it, because it’s truly magnificent," he added. 

Trump said at his news conference that he's not sure he wants to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict with Iran anymore now that the ceasefire has ended.

"We can play games, but I'm not sure I want to make a deal. Let's just finish the job," Trump said when asked what changed with the U.S. posture toward Iran.

"I'll tell you what happens next," Trump continued. "We're never going to see Iran have a nuclear weapon, because that's much more important than the numbers you're talking about. The prices of oil are dropping like a rock now, they'll be up a little bit, and this will end very quickly. "

Trump, however, said that the Iran war is not restarting.

"I don't think it's going to start again. I think it's going to go very quickly," he said. "They hit a couple of ships, and so we hit them much harder."

"Somebody asked before, 'Do you think you hit them tonight?' I said, 'We might. Yeah, we might,'" the president added.

Trump said that the U.S. announced $3 billion in new defense investments with U.S. companies, adding that "Lockheed Martin will establish a world-class Patriot missile sustainment facility, a big deal, in Europe."

Patriot missiles are a U.S.-made air defense system.

Trump added that the manufacturer Northrop Grumman "is moving forward with the sale of advanced American drone technology." Lockheed Martin and the technology company Rheinmetall "are announcing a partnership to build the army tactical missile systems," he said.

At the NATO summit, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever took a slight jab at Trump.

De Wever compared the alliance's 70 billion-euro ($80 billion) loan plan for Ukraine to the recent FIFA World Cup red card controversy.

U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun was reinstated to play against Belgium on Monday after his red card suspension was lifted following a call Trump made to FIFA President Gianni Infantino seeking a review.

Belgium ultimately beat the U.S. 4-1.

De Wever quipped that the loan package to Ukraine signifies a very strong "red card" to Putin.

"You can't just take back a red card," he said. "You know that."

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever makes a statement today in Ankara. Dogukan Keskinkilic / Anadolu via Getty Images

Trump said in remarks while meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa that he might have the U.S. remove Syria from the state sponsor of terrorism list.

"I think I will," Trump said.

The U.S. designated Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979, according to the State Department. The secretary of state gives the designation to countries that have "repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism."

The other countries on the list include Iran, North Korea and Cuba.

Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa today. Win McNamee / Getty Images

Trump plans to fly to the Mildenhall Air Force Base in England on the former Air Force One plane before making his way to Joint Base Andrews on the newer Qatar-donated luxury jet, according to a senior White House official. 

The new Air Force One has now departed Ankara without the president on board.

The old Air Force One was already on the ground in Ankara because it served as the support plane on the president's NATO trip.

Air base visits are typically known in advance, rather than last minute, like this visit.

The White House has denied that the change in plans is due to any issue with the new Air Force One.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth detailed what the U.S. targeted last night in Iran.

He said that "a big part of what we targeted" included small craft that were trying to harass shipping as well as "underground facilities where they were storing drones or missiles, coastal defense sites, radar sites, surveillance sites, anything used to harass shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."

"Tonight, if we need to, on your order, Mr. President, we will hit even more, even deeper, because that's the concept," he said.

The U.S. may reimpose a blockade on ships going to Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said.

"We may put down the blockade," he said. "We may put it back, the blockade, and it'll only be a blockade for Iran; anybody else can have whatever they want. Now, of course, they'll drop some mines if they can, you know, if they can do it."

"But it's hard, because we're taking out those little boats now with the same weapon we used to take out the drug lords and the boats coming in by sea," he said, referring to U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Trump also repeatedly said that the U.S. may strike Iranian targets again tonight.

Zelenskyy told reporters when asked what he thought might be changing in Russia's calculus on the war that Putin was stronger at the start of the conflict, adding, "I think he is losing initiative on the battlefield."

Zelenskyy said he believed Ukraine had made better "technological steps" than Russia, arguing that Ukraine had become "quicker."

"We are quicker, and that's why I think that now initiative moved to our hands, not totally, but moved," he said, adding that Ukraine is trying to move the war from the battlefield to the sky.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO Summit today. Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images

Trump told reporters he'd be willing to travel to Ukraine at some point.

"I'd rather have the war be over. ... Secret Service would be thrilled," Trump said. "Yeah, I would go to Ukraine."

Trump has not visited Ukraine as president. His predecessor, Joe Biden, made a surprise visit to the country in 2023 as president, nearly a year after the conflict with Russia began.

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Trump said he will speak to Putin today after gesturing to Zelenskyy and asking reporters if they had a question for "President Putin."

"You have a question for President Putin please?" Trump said to a Ukrainian reporter, waving his hand toward Zelenskyy.

"Do you have a question for President Putin, not Zelenskyy," Trump said, again pointing to Zelenskyy and seeming to emphasize he really meant the Russian leader.

"What would you like to ask him because I'm going to ask him that question," he said.

"We have a lot of pressure on President Putin," Trump also said in remarks alongside Zelenskyy. "You know, I don't think he likes what's going on," Trump said. "I don't think he's thrilled with what's happening. There's a lot of pressure on President Putin to get it done."

Trump told reporters that he and Zelenskyy would discuss allowing Patriot missiles to be made in Europe.

"We're going to talk about that," Trump said about the U.S.-made air defense system. "Look, it's a defensive weapon, which I like, better than an offensive weapon. It's the best."

"One of the things we're going to be talking about is we're going to give a license to you to make Patriots, that's pretty cool, right?" Trump said, speaking to Zelenskyy. "This way, he can't complain that we're not giving them enough," Trump added, addressing the room.

Trump added that his administration had not yet informed the manufacturers of the missiles, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Trump said in remarks to reporters at the NATO summit that the U.S. will hit Iran "hard again tonight" after the two countries traded strikes last night.

"I'll give them a little warning," Trump added. "We're going to hit them hard tonight, but we'll see how it all works out."

In comments alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump described Iran as "behaving very badly" and said he was "not happy with them," saying they don't follow through on agreements made during negotiations, including on denuclearization.

Trump said he would "think we've made a lot of progress, and they'll get out of the room, we'll talk about it here, they'll agree on everything, and then they'll go have a news conference, and say we never even talked about it."

Trump, expressing frustration, called the Iranian negotiators "cuckoo."

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that Ukraine's ability to strike deep inside Russia recently using drones has changed the dynamics in negotiations to end the war.

"I think that's one of the dynamics that's changed in this war over the last few months, and that is that the Russians are finding it more difficult to defend their own airspace," Rubio said when prompted by Trump to answer a reporter's question about the drone capabilities.

"What we hope that means is that's going to create the space now for — to negotiate the end of this war," Rubio said.

Trump interjected, "It's an escalation, but it's also an escalation that can help lead to an end."

Rubio made the comments after a reporter asked Trump for his assessment of Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries.

As Trump confronts Iran war tensions at the NATO summit in Turkey, he is also set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is expected to press for more sanctions on Russia and speedier access to American defense systems. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports for "TODAY."

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Trump upended the NATO summit today, declaring his fragile ceasefire with Iran to be “over” and coupling angry demands of European allies with new threats against Spain.

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated Greenland’s status as “not for sale” at the NATO summit.

Trump had made the U.S. position "unfortunately very clear," as has Denmark, she said.

"Greenland is, of course, not for sale," Frederiksen said. "We hope that all, including all allies, will respect the Greenlandic people's right for self-determination.”

“We are ready to defend every inch of NATO, including our own territory," Frederiksen added. "But one of the reasons why we have built NATO, many, many years ago, is if anything happens to one of us, then everybody should stand up for each other.”

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Trump passes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the welcome ceremony at the NATO summit. Last month, the leaders engaged in a dispute over Trump's public claims that Meloni had "begged" for a photo with him at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, last month.

One person was killed and two others were injured in Iran's Khuzestan province in U.S. strikes, the area's deputy governor said today.

Khuzestan Deputy Gov. Valiollah Hayati said the U.S. targeted at least three locations in the province with projectiles, the Iranian semiofficial news agency Mehr reported.

Hayati did not provide further details on the people killed or injured.

The deputy governor said more information would be provided after more "detailed assessments."

In an online statement, the International Maritime Organization secretary-general, Arsenio Dominguez, said he condemned "attacks over the past two days against several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz."

Calling the attacks "reckless," Dominguez said innocent seafarers have been "placed in grave danger" and responsible parties needed to avoid exposing merchant mariners to unnecessary danger while the situation in the region remains volatile.

"The safety of seafarers must remain our foremost priority," he said.

This morning, Kuwait's armed forces said in an X post that it had detected two ballistic missiles and 13 "hostile" drones.

The aerial attacks were intercepted and there was no damage or injuries, according to the spokesperson for Kuwait's Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi.

The price of oil surged more than 6% today after Trump said that the ceasefire deal with Iran was “over” after the two countries traded strikes following attacks on three oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz.

“To me, I think it’s over,” Trump said on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. “I don’t want to deal with them anymore.”

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” the president continued. He said that negotiations could continue but that he considers them a “waste of time.”

U.S. crude oil sharply jumped more than 6.5% to $75 per barrel, its largest one-day move up since the beginning of June. International oil benchmark Brent rose 6.2% to almost $79 per barrel.

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Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with NATO once again at the alliance's summit over its members' opposition to a U.S. takeover of Greenland and lack of cooperation on Iran.

In a meeting with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary-general, the U.S. president said he was "not happy" with the alliance because of "what they did with" Greenland and their alleged unwillingness to help the U.S. with the Iran war.

Trump is presumably referring to the deployment of NATO troops to the Nordic island in January following tense discussions with European members over Greenland's future.

The president acknowledged that he did not speak with Rutte before joining Israel in the initial wave of attacks on Iran, adding that if he had, the way the Iran war has gone "might have been different." But he added, "We didn't need help."

Trump today ordered an immediate halt to all trade with Spain, dismissing the U.S. NATO ally as “hopeless” amid tensions over defense spending and the Iran war.

“I don’t want to do any trade with them, alright?” Trump said at the NATO summit in Turkey’s capital, Ankara. He appeared to make the comments to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who replied, “Yes, sir,” according to Reuters.

“Take ⁠it immediately. Don’t even talk to them. They’re hopeless. They’re bad people,” Trump said.

However, the office of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez downplayed Trump’s comments, saying in a statement that it was treating his order as “business as usual” and did not intend to change the “excellent” relations it has with Washington, Reuters reported.

Egypt, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait said today that they “strongly condemn” Iran’s “repeated attacks” on Kuwait and Bahrain.

The recent strikes were a "flagrant violation of the sovereignty" of both Gulf states, their foreign ministries said in statements on X, while expressing solidarity with their neighbors.

Oman’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the latest attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait in an X post, warning that the escalation of military tensions in the region poses a threat to not only its security, but overall maritime safety.

The country's Foreign Ministry said it rejects “any action that would undermine the security of states or expose civilian and commercial ships to danger.”

Any “point of origin of support” provided to the U.S. military will be considered a “legitimate target” for the Iranian armed forces, the Islamic Republic's top military command said today.

The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters issued the statement on Telegram shortly after American strikes hit the country.

It was all smiles and handshakes at the Presidential Complex in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, this morning as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered Trump across the stage for the annual family photo.

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French President Emmanuel Macron wore a pair of aviator sunglasses indoors again. He previously donned them at January’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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The recent exchanges of fire between the U.S. and Iran have further complicated “already fraught talks” to end the war, according to the European Union's foreign affairs chief.

Calling Iran's attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait "unacceptable," Kaja Kallas said in a post on X that Iran had violated the memorandum of understanding it signed with the U.S. by attacking ships near the Strait of Hormuz.

“Freedom of navigation must be unimpeded,” she said.

Ultimately this is a dispute over who controls the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping lane for 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas.

Iran insists it has sovereignty over the strait and wants commercial vessels to only use routes it has approved, attacking vessels if they don’t comply. An Iranian official told reporters in Tehran that ships should also pay “maritime service fees” to the Islamic Republic.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s chief negotiator, said this morning that his country “will not fold on the issue” and “the era of bullying and extortion are over.”

The U.S. says passage though Hormuz must be unobstructed and free.

Two military bases near the southern province of Bushehr were hit by enemy projectiles this morning, according to the region's deputy governor.

Ehsan Jahanian said facilities in Dashti County and Choghadak city were struck.

No casualties were reported.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today compared U.S. conduct at the World Cup to its approach to foreign policy.

“The U.S. government’s conduct as World Cup host follows its familiar foreign policy: bending rules, bullying rivals, creating obstacles, and cheating,” Pezeshkian said in a post on X today.

“This is their MAGA playbook,” he said, adding: “Iran rejects such games. We stand firmly for our rights.”

Before it was knocked out, Iran's team had complained about unfair treatment in the World Cup.

The Revolutionary Guard said a member of its naval forces was killed this morning in the port city of Bandar Mahshahr.

They were killed "while confronting enemy drones after being struck by shrapnel from a projectile," the Guard said, according to a statement carried by the semiofficial Tasnim news agency.

Oil prices surged nearly 6% after Trump said that the interim agreement with Iran is “over,” though he will allow talks to continue.

The price of Brent crude oil jumped 5.6% to more than $78 a barrel. U.S. benchmark crude surged 5.8% to $74.55 a barrel.

Crude prices had declined recently from spikes well above $100 a barrel to around the levels they were at before the war with Iran began in late February.

In share trading, the future for the S&P 500 edged 0.1% lower and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4%.

Funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began today in the Iraqi city of Najaf, with thousands of mourners present. The Iraqi city is considered among the holiest for millions of Shiite Muslims around the world.

Recently released pictures show his coffin next arriving in Karbala, surrounded by masses of people.

Crowds of mourners surround the convoy carrying Khamenei's coffin in Najaf today. Zaid Al-Obeidi / AFP via Getty Images

Clerics wait to hold prayers over Khamenei's coffin at Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf today, before it was carried on to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala. Hussein Faleh / AFP via Getty Images

A member of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces wears a keffiyeh with a portrait of Khamenei ahead of security checks at the shrine of Imam Hussein on the eve of his funeral ceremonies. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP via Getty Images

Mourners gather near a portrait Khamenei during his funeral procession in Najaf today. Qassem Al-Kaabi / AFP via Getty Images

A mourner in Najaf holds a placard depicting (from right) the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; and current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Qassem Al-Kaabi / AFP via Getty Images

Before the second day of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, the alliance’s chief said Iran’s violations of the ceasefire made it “crucial” for the U.S. to forcefully react.

In a separate meeting with Trump, Mark Rutte told the president, "I think what you did last night was absolutely necessary. It was a very strong response."

Asked whether the ceasefire and memorandum of understanding with Iran is now over after the latest attacks, Trump said it was.

"It’s a very interesting question to me. I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore," Trump said.

Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’ after latest strikes

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"They’re scum. You know what scum is? They’re scum. They’re sick people. They’re led by people, and they’re vicious, violent people."

He added: "And if they had a nuclear weapon, they’d use it. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over."

Trump did also say that he would allow U.S. negotiators to keep talking with their counterparts, but when asked if talks with Tehran will resume, he said, “I don’t care. They can talk, but I think they’re wasting their time. They’re a bunch of lying guys.” 

Iran has not commented on whether it considers the ceasefire or interim agreement between the two sides over.

The president made additional comments ahead of his bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

"We have attacked very powerfully last night the very dangerous people from Iran," Trump told reporters in Ankara. "They’re sick. There’s something wrong with them. We say go and do your funeral stuff, and instead of that, they start shooting rockets at ships yesterday, and so we hit them very hard last night, very hard. I would say 20 to 120 times tougher."

Trump was referring to the funeral events being held for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which had put talks between the two sides on hold.

The president has addressed the overnight exchange of attacks with Iran while meeting with the head of NATO at the summit in Turkey.

“They’re a bunch of scum, if you want to know the truth. They’re a bunch of scum. … I don’t like ‘em. They’re evil people,” Trump said.

A video released by Central Command yesterday shows a new round of retaliatory strikes against Iran. @CENTCOM / via X

The thorny part of Trump’s appearance at the NATO summit starts and ends today, when he meets with European leaders with whom he has clashed over the Iran and Russia-Ukraine wars.

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Sirens have sounded repeatedly in Bahrain overnight and into the morning after Iran launched a wave of fresh attacks on the Gulf.

"The siren has been sounded," Bahrain's Interior Ministry said in one post on X about an hour ago. The ministry urged residents to "remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."

It was one of a string of warnings from the Interior Ministry overnight and into this morning.

The sound of several explosions was heard in the Iranian port city of Bushehr this morning after the U.S. and Iran traded fresh attacks overnight, Iran’s state-affiliated Mehr News Agency reported.

The news agency said reports had circulated claiming that Kharg Island had also fallen under attack — but that its correspondent denied those reports.

NBC News was not immediately able to independently verify the situation on the ground.

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U.S. Central Command released video showing renewed strikes on Iranian targets in the Gulf.

Iran launched attacks against American bases in the Gulf, retaliating for a new wave of strikes by the U.S. military after it said Tehran hit three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The intense exchange raised fears for the fragile ceasefire as the two countries try to agree to a lasting end to the war that began with U.S.-Israeli strikes in February.

It came as President Donald Trump was in neighboring Turkey for a summit of NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance. Iran, meanwhile, was holding a mass, dayslong funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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