Trump says Memorandum of Understanding with Iran 'is over'

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  • 08 July, 2026
  • 12:32
Trump says Memorandum of Understanding with Iran 'is over'

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he believes the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran "is over," following a series of strikes across the region, Report informs via CNN.

"It's a waste of time dealing with them," Trump said at the NATO summit.

The US president's latest comments followed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it had launched strikes on US military targets across Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US strikes on Iran.

Trump castigated Iran as "evil, sick people".

Speaking at the start of a NATO summit in Türkiye, Trump called the country "dirty players" for targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, violating a ceasefire.

Trump said the US was wasting time talking with Iran, and voiced a desire to "do our business" instead of trying to pursue diplomacy.

"We have to rid their cancer, their cancer," he said. "And you know what you do? You've got to cut out cancer early. And that's the way I feel."