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The Shaky Truce Fractures: Trump Declares Iran MoU 'Over' Following Volley of Regional Strikes
Maritime provocations in the Strait of Hormuz trigger intensive US air raids, drawing Iranian missile retaliation against American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.
By 19Network Editorial Team · Jul 8, 2026 · 5 min read
A fragile three-week-old diplomatic framework has violently unraveled after the US revoked oil waivers and launched dozens of airstrikes, prompting Tehran to hit back at coalition infrastructure across the Gulf.
ANKARA / DUBAI — The diplomatic runway established to halt hostilities between Washington and Tehran has suffered a catastrophic fracturing. Speaking from the NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump pronounced that the three-week-old Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Switzerland is effectively dead, signaling a return to open, volatile kinetic engagement across the Middle East. "To me, I think it’s over," President Trump stated on the sidelines of the summit alongside NATO officials, characterizing further negotiations with Tehran as a "waste of time." The abrupt declarative shift followed a night of intensive, interlocking military operations. The latest crisis ignited when three commercial vessels—including a Saudi oil tanker and a Qatari liquefied natural gas carrier—came under projectile attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Though Tehran did not claim direct responsibility for the maritime strikes, Washington reacted swiftly. US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a sweeping wave of offensive airstrikes targeting over 80 infrastructure points across Iran’s Hormozgan and Mahshahr provinces, heavily degrading coastal radar installations,…