Trump dismisses Iran deal as worthless, urges Iranians to rise up amid US strikes
Donald Trump said he doesn’t care if Iran signs a deal he calls worthless, urging the Iranian people to rise up as U.S. forces hit IRGC targets and Treasury ramps up economic pressure.
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he “couldn’t care less” about any Iranian pact he labeled “worthless,” asserting that the United States enjoys “almost total control” of the Strait of Hormuz and calling on Iranians to “rise up and fight.” His remarks arrived hours after U.S. Central Command reported a new wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities across Iran, targeting air-defense, radar, maritime assets, mine-laying and communications sites in response to Tehran’s threats to commercial shipping.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking on one outlet, described the newly-started “Operation Economic Outcast,” a coordinated effort by Treasury, State and Defense teams to isolate Iran’s economy and warned it signals “the end of the regime.” Earlier on the same day, Trump told a correspondent at one outlet that Iran had squandered repeated chances for an agreement. The dual-pressure campaign reflects the administration’s strategy of combining military action with aggressive financial sanctions to force Tehran back to negotiations.
Why it matters
U.S. military and economic actions against Iran raise risks to global shipping and regional stability.
How this story developed
- Jul 20 U.S. and Iran intensify air strikes over Strait of Hormuz, diplomacy stalls
- Aug 30 Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei appointed hard‑line allies to senior security positions.
- Aug 30 Treasury filed a draft regulation that could block the UAE branches of Banque Misr from U.S. correspondent banking.
- Aug 31 Iran appointed senior Revolutionary Guard and security officers to key posts, tightening internal leadership.
- Aug 31 Bessent announced that secondary sanctions will be issued on a weekly basis.
- Aug 31 Iranian media claimed a bulk carrier was seized and an oil supertanker hit mines, while U.S. officials said no vessels were struck.
- Sep 1 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran will reinstate the June cease-fire with the United States provided Washington also returns to the pact.
- Sep 1 President Trump posted an AI‑generated video showing a fictitious bombing of Iran’s Kharg Island.
- Sep 1 Iran announced it will match any U.S. compliance with the June memorandum.
- Sep 1 Following a U.S. strike on Iranian rocket launchers near Larak Island and an Iranian attack on American forces in Jordan, President Trump said the United States would respond forcefully but not launch a full-scale war. At the same time, a South Korean-owned tanker and a Saudi-flagged vessel were struck near the Strait of Hormuz, which Marisks described as likely coordinated attacks. The incidents pushed Brent crude above $92 a barrel and U.S. crude near $88, and Trump is scheduled to meet refinery executives about rising gasoline costs.
- Sep 1 President Vladimir Putin vowed to support Iran and resist U.S. sanctions after meeting with President Pezeshkian.
- Sep 2 U.S. conducts a second wave of strikes on Iranian infrastructure.
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