Trump threatens ‘dropping bombs’ if Iran doesn’t ‘behave’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that an interim accord with Iran was not final and that he could resume a bombing campaign if he did not like it or if Tehran did not “behave”.

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“It’s a memorandum of understanding. And if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their heads. If I don’t like it, if they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, OK?” Mr. Trump said on the sidelines of a G7 summit in France.

Mr. Trump said the Iran memorandum of understanding did not include immediate sanctions relief for Iran.

Mr. Trump heaped praise on the framework agreement that his administration had negotiated, saying, “That’s a very strong deal. Nobody knows what it is, but it’s very strong, and most people seem to be very happy.”

He said the agreement would be a boon for markets.

“There’s nothing so smart as the market, and the market loves it beyond anything that I’ve actually seen,” he said, adding: “The alternative would be a worldwide depression.”

Oil prices were near a three-month low on Wednesday, with Mr. Trump predicting further decreases: “I think oil prices might get lower than where they were before the war.”

‘Minor war’

Mr. Trump also said that he had spoken to Syria’s leader about combatting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, a day after criticising Israel for killing too many civilians and not getting the job done.

“I consider that (Lebanon) the minor war; Iran’s a big one, but we have that little pinprick out there that constantly rears its head, and that’s Hezbollah,” Mr. Trump told presspersons on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump has strongly backed Mr. Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda commander who toppled long-ruling autocrat Bashar al-Assad and has sought to portray himself as a moderate leader trying to unify his war-ravaged nation and end its isolation.