Ankara: US president Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the interim peace deal signed with Iran to end the Middle East conflict was “over”.
This happened hours after America launched fresh strikes against Tehran in retaliation for attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump called the Iranian leaders “scum” and “sick people”, underlining that he did not want to engage with Tehran, while speaking at a NATO summit in Turkey, as reported by India Today.
“For me, the MoU is over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore,” the US president said, when asked about the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran barely three weeks ago.
The US and Iran have struggled to maintain their fragile truce over the weeks that followed the signing of the interim deal to end the war. Behind the uneasiness is Iran’s bid to leverage its control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the global energy flows.
Trump was unsparing in his assessment of the Iranian leadership on Wednesday.
“They are scum. They are sick people. They are vicious, violent people. If they had a nuclear weapon they’d use it,” he said.
