Donald Trump has ramped up the pressure on Iran once again.
13:07, Wed, May 6, 2026 Updated: 15:08, Wed, May 6, 2026
Donald Trump has sent another chilling threat to Iran (Image: Getty)
Donald Trump has chillingly threatened to bomb Iran "at a much higher level and intensity" if they break from the terms agreed with the US to end the ongoing war. Taking to his social media platfrom Truth Social, the US President said that if Iran "agrees to give what has been agreed to", which he describes as "a big assumption", then Operation Epic Fury will be at an end.
Writing about the latest developments Trump added the US blockade would also "allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran". He said: "Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran." However, the US President also issued a chilling warning to Iran.
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Trump threatened to bomb Iran at a much higher level and intensity' (Image: Getty)
He added: "If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
His comments come just hours after Axios reported that the US and Iran were close to an agreement that would bring their two-month war to an end.
Citing two US officials, the news outlet reported that Washington expects responses from Tehran on several key points to form the basis of a one-page memo within the next 48 hours.
The one-page memo is being used as the basis for negotiations and would involve both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
"Nothing has been agreed yet, but the sources said this was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began," Axios reported.
On Tuesday, after just two days, President Trump announced he is pausing 'Project Freedom' for a "short period of time to see whether or not the agreement can be finalized and signed".
The project would have involved the US military "guiding" commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media ridiculed the move, calling it a "retreat" following what it described as Mr Trump's repeated failures to deploy US naval power to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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