Trump claims he calls ‘all the shots’. Netanyahu and Iran have other ideas

June 9, 2026 — 9:45am

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London: As soon as Donald Trump declared an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Monday, the two countries undercut his latest boast about dictating the terms of a truce.

“I call the shots. I call all the shots,” the US president told The Financial Times at the weekend. Acutely sensitive to questions about the war, he argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no choice but to accept what the White House wanted.

In fact, the leaders in Israel and Iran are talking about halting attacks on their terms, not Trump’s. And they have sharply different positions on what this means.

Yes, the Iranian central command announced a halt to missile strikes on Israel after its attacks over the weekend. But it set a key condition: it would fire again if Israel struck southern Lebanon.

“Should acts of aggression and hostility continue, including in southern Lebanon, much more severe and crushing measures than before will follow,” said the Khatam al-Anbiya central command in a statement on state television.

‘Fire is on hold’: Iran, Israel halt strikes, but threaten to respond to any new attacks

Israel, meanwhile, halted its attacks on Iran after hitting military targets and an oil refinery. But the country’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said airstrikes on Lebanon would continue to destroy Hezbollah and stop its rocket attacks on northern Israel.

Katz set a condition totally at odds with the Iranian declaration. He said Israel would strike targets in southern Lebanon and the Dahiyeh area of southern Beirut where Hezbollah – listed as a........

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