Washington has reportedly given Tehran until Saturday to stop firing on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and acknowledge that the waterway is open.

Iran's foreign minister has arrived in Oman to discuss arrangements for the safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while the nation's Supreme Leader vowed to avenge his slain father.

While the US has agreed to continue peace talks with Iran, Washington told Tehran “in no uncertain terms" that the ceasefire is over, says Donald Trump.

Iran has laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war.

July 10 - President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States had agreed to talks with Iran after Tehran asked to continue negotiations, while stressing that the June ceasefire between the two nations was over. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The US president had agreed to further negotiations with Iran, even as he repeated his assertion that the ceasefire was over.

US President Donald Trump said Iran has as requested that “talks” between the two countries continue, although he emphatically warned Tehran that the current cease-fire is no longer in effect amid a flurry of tit-for-tat strikes by both sides.

The U.S. and Iranian leaders traded further threats on Saturday as the interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the Middle East.

Trump told the New York Post he left instructions to bomb Iran at unprecedented levels if Tehran succeeds in its assassination plot against him.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens Iran with military action following calls for his assassination at Khamenei's funeral amid escalating tensions.

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that he has "left instructions" to launch a massive military action against Iran, if