Iran’s delegation is now demanding a formal apology from the US President before the Gulf nation will re-engage with peace negotiations after the threat was made by Trump

Iran has walked away from peace negotiations in Switzerland, with the Middle Eastern nation’s delegation refusing to return to the negotiating table until US President Donald Trump apologises for what appeared to be a threat to assassinate Iran’s team of negotiators.

According to Fox News, Trump said he told Iranian officials: “You close the Strait and you won’t have a country. You won’t even make it back to your f****** country … we’ll take over the rest of the country.

“We may take over the Strait, if we have to. I’ll blow the s*** out of them.”

In a Truth Social post, the president wrote: “Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder! ! !”.

Iran’s negotiators have interpreted the 47th President of the United States’ remarks on Sunday (June 21) as a direct assassination threat and are consequently refusing to re-engage in peace discussions until Trump offers an apology for his outburst.

Iran has further demanded that Israel fully withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon, alongside Trump’s apology, before the Gulf nation will consider returning to peace talks.

Trump’s verbal assault on Iranian officials follows an announcement by military figures from the Islamic Republic on Saturday (June 20) that Iran would once again close the Strait of Hormuz, citing violations of the fragile peace agreement between the two countries. Iranian officials have confirmed their delegation has withdrawn from peace talks in a statement released through state-backed Iranian news agency Tasnim.

Translated into English, the statement reads: “The Iranian delegation has expressed its protest to the American side and is now reviewing an appropriate response to Donald Trump’s recent verbal threats”.

The statement further noted that “any form of threat is considered a serious violation” of the already fragile ceasefire agreement currently in place between the US and Iran.

It remained unclear precisely which of Trump’s statements they were referring to.

During a phone call on Sunday with Fox News’ Trey Yingst, Trump was informed that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had stated Iran would maintain its right to enrich uranium.

Trump responded that “he better watch his mouth” and “he better shape up, or we’ll take over the rest of the country.”

The US President went on to describe the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran as “just an option”.

“I can do whatever I want after that option,” Trump added.

Prior to Iran’s withdrawal from the Geneva peace talks, US Vice President JD Vance, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner had held meetings with senior Iranian officials alongside mediators from Qatar and Pakistan to iron out the finer details of the current peace agreement. Following initial discussions on Sunday, Vance informed the media that “great” progress had been achieved towards a future “where everyone can work together to promote peace and prosperity.”

However, until objections emerged from Tehran in response to the US President’s most recent remarks, it appears that Trump’s latest tirade now threatens the peace agreement that is merely days old.