Meanwhile, a Qatari delegation visited Iran on Friday for talks intended to reduce tensions and facilitate safer navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier on Friday: “The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue the talks.”
“We have agreed to do so, but the United States has told them, in unequivocal terms, that the cease‑fire is over.”
In the early hours of Saturday, Trump also responded to reports that Iran was plotting to assassinate him.
Writing on Truth Social, he warned that the U.S. military would “completely decimate and destroy all areas” of the country in retaliation for such an attack.
The Wall Street Journal and other U.S. outlets reported this week that Israel had shared intelligence with Washington indicating that Iran had recently devised a plan to assassinate the U.S. president.
There were also open calls for Trump’s death at the funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei, who was buried this week, was said to have been killed in an Israeli strike on his Tehran residence on 28 February, which Iran described as the first day of its war with the United States and Israel.
No fresh attacks were reported on Friday, despite fighting that erupted earlier in the week across the Gulf region, marking the most intense exchange of fire between the United States and Iran since the interim agreement signed in June.
Three vessels were hit while using a U.S.–recommended route through Omani waters. Iran has repeatedly maintained that the only truly safe passage is a separate corridor through its territorial waters.
Last month, the United States and Iran reached a 14‑point memorandum of understanding aimed at extending the cease‑fire and ending hostilities on all fronts.
As part of that agreement, Iran and Oman are required to hold talks to define the future administration and maritime services in the strait, involving other Gulf states.
During the conflict, Iran sought to assert its sovereignty over the strait, including by establishing the so‑called Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which it said would issue safe‑passage permits.
Iran’s Fars news agency reported that, under the new arrangement with the United States, the strait would eventually be managed by Iran in coordination with Oman, possibly including service fees for transiting vessels.
