Trump tells Iran to ‘get their act together’ – Live

In a bizarre post to Truth Social, Trump shared an apparently AI-generated photo of himself carrying a large gun while surrounded by explosions.

The photo is captioned: ‘No more MR. Nice Guy!’

He shared it with the following: ‘Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!’

US president Donald Trump met with oil and gas executives at the White House yesterday, Axios reported.

Among the attendees was Chevron CEO Mike Wirth. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were also at the meeting.

A White House official told the media outlet: ‘The president meets with energy executives frequently to get their feedback on domestic and international energy markets.’

They added that domestic production, progress in Venezuela, oil futures, natural gas and shipping were all discussed.

Israel’s Air Force has announced it has ‘successfully intercepted an unmanned aircraft’ sent from Lebanon.

It said the suspected Hezbollah attack was taken out before it got into Israeli airspace.

The IDF said: ‘An interceptor was launched towards a suspicious aerial target identified in the airspace where IDF forces are operating in southern Lebanon; the results of the interception are under review.

‘The target did not cross into the country’s territory.’

The UN has today said that Iran has executed at least 21 and arrested over 4,000 people since war broke out in late February.

The UN’s human rights office said today: ‘At least nine people have been executed in connection with the January 2026 protests, ten for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two on espionage charges.’

It added: ‘Since 28 February, more than 4,000 individuals are estimated to have been arrested on national security related charges in Iran.’

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has claimed Iran will lose an additional $170million (£126million) in oil revenues every day when Kharg Island reaches its maximum storage capacity.

Bessent said US intervention was causing ‘permanent damage to Iran’s oil infrastructure’, including Kharg Island.

The island is responsibly for roughly 90% of Iran’s oil exports.

He also claimed inflation has doubled in Iran, writing on social media: ‘The Treasury Department, through Economic Fury, has targeted Iran’s international shadow banking infrastructure, access to crypto, shadow fleet, weapons procurement networks, funding for terrorist proxies in the region, and independent Chinese ‘teapot’ refineries that support Iran’s oil trade.

‘These actions have disrupted tens of billions of dollars in revenue that would be used to fund terrorism. Under the president’s maximum pressure campaign, Tehran’s inflation has doubled and its currency has rapidly depreciated.

‘Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, is soon nearing storage capacity, which will force the regime to reduce oil production, resulting in an additional approximately $170m per day in lost revenue, and causing permanent damage to Iran’s oil infrastructure.’

The price of Brent Crude – the international benchmark for oil – has risen to $115 per barrel.

Since the early hours of the morning, oil has risen more than 3%.

West Texas Intermediate – the US benchmark – has risen to more than $103.

Several former US officials have slammed the Pentagon for staying silent on the deadly strike on an Iranian school.

A missile struck a primary school in Minab , Iran, during the opening hours of the US and Israel’s attack against Iran on February 28.

This attack killed 168 people, including 110 children.

Since then, the Pentagon has only said that the incident is under investigation.

In March, US media reported that investigators believe US forces were likely responsible for the attack unintentionally, but had not yet reached a final conclusion.

Lt Col Rachel E VanLandingham, a retired Judge Advocate General in the US Air Force and former senior legal adviser at US Central Command during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan told the BBC that the US’ current position ‘strikingly departs from the standard response.’

She added: ‘Administrations in the past at least demonstrated fidelity, a commitment to the law of war.’

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth will be grilled by Congress today on the war in the Middle East.

It comes as efforts to end the conflict stalled, with US officials reportedly sceptical of Tehran’s latest offer to unblock the Strait of Hormuz.

At a White House dinner overnight, Trump claimed that Iran had been ‘militarily defeated.’

But a spokesperson for Iran’s army said last night that ‘we do not consider the war to be over,’ saying Tehran had ‘no trust in America.’

‘We have many cards that we have not yet used… new tools and methods of fighting based on the experiences of the past two wars, which will definitely allow us to respond to the enemy more decisively.’ should the fighting resume, Amir Akraminia said in an interview.

Buckingham Palace has responded to Donald Trump’s claim that King Charles ‘agrees’ with him that Iran cannot have nukes.

During a dinner held at the White House in honour of the King’s state visit, Trump said, referring to Iran:

‘We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we’re never going to let that opponent ever – Charles agrees with me, even more than I do – we’re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon’

While King Charles didn’t say anything during his own remarks, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace has since said:

‘The King is naturally mindful of his Government’s long-standing and well-known position on the prevention of nuclear proliferation.’

In a post to Truth Social, Trump last night said German chancellor Friedrich Merz ‘doesn’t know what he’s talking about’ when it comes to Iran.

He wrote: ‘The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage.

‘I am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago. No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!’