US President Donald Trump on Wednesday night renewed his threat to use unprecedented force against Iran if it doesn’t comply with the terms of the ceasefire, ahead of scheduled peace talks between Washington and Tehran.

“All US ships, aircraft and military personnel — with additional ammunition, weaponry and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded enemy, will remain in place in and around Iran until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with,” Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly before midnight eastern time.

Just over a day earlier, he had announced a two-week ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran. But the truce was contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz — something it has reportedly refused to do as long as Israel refused to halt its campaign against the Iran-back Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.

The US and Israel have claimed that Lebanon was not supposed to be part of the ceasefire, but Vice President JD Vance admitted there was a “legitimate misunderstanding” on the issue, and Pakistan — which is set to host talks between Iran and the US on Saturday — insisted that Lebanon is in fact supposed to be part of the truce.

The White House has denied or downplayed reports about Iran continuing to block ships in the strait, insisting that traffic has picked up since the ceasefire. But Trump’s message indicated that his frustration with Iran is once again mounting.

The US president threatened to resume fighting if the agreement with Iran is not complied with: “If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the ‘shooting starts’ bigger and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before.”

“It was agreed a long time ago and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary — NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS and the........

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