Trump vows Iran will now 'pay the price' after failing to agree peace deal

Trump vows Iran will now 'pay the price' after failing to agree peace deal Donald Trump has threatened Iran will "pay the price" for failing to agree a peace deal in a worrying new turn having recently claimed that an agreement was close Donald Trump says Iran will "pay the price" for taking too long to agree a peace deal. The United States President has spoken recently of being positive about an agreement with Iran but he has struck an ominous new tone with a latest post on Truth Social. Airstrikes were launched by the US after it blamed Tehran for the crash of an Apache attack helicopter and it in turn prompted new attacks from Iran on neighbouring countries as it targeted American bases. A fragile ceasefire has been in place in the Middle East to give the possibility for talks between the two sides but now Trump says that Iran has taken "too long to negotiate a deal". He said: "Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore - They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. "The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!! They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP." It wasn’t clear what exactly that would mean, but the back-and-forth strikes on Wednesday again raised the question of how much pressure the deal can take before it cracks. The exchange of fire was the second time this week that such strikes have tested the ceasefire after Iran and Israel targeted each other on Monday. Trump has repeatedly fluctuated between expressing optimism over the talks and warning that he was ready to return to all-out war. Iran, meanwhile, has proved resilient despite having faced weeks of heavy bombing, betting that its ability to effectively close the Strait of Hormuz — a crucial passageway for the world’s oil and natural gas — gives it a strong bargaining chip. Both countries seem to be looking for a way to end the conflict - if they can manage to sell it as a win at home - with Trump having said from the start that he wanted to Iran give up its enriched uranium and put an end to its nuclear ambitions. But at the same time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears more intent on pursuing more complex goals with the collapse of Iran’s theocratic government and the destruction of the Iranian-allied Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.