Trump declares Iran peace deal is OFF after taking 'too long' and warns they will 'pay the price'

By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR and PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 12:29, 10 June 2026 | Updated: 12:41, 10 June 2026 Donald Trump warned Iran will 'pay the price' after failing to strike a peace deal after months of negotiations.  '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!!!' he wrote on Truth Social. The President's declaration comes hours after he launched strikes against Iran in retaliation for the shooting down of an Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz.  The US and Iran have been locked in a stalemate for weeks, with Trump insisting that a peace deal is close, only for it to fall apart. Trump remains adamant that Iran must give up its nuclear ambitions, while Tehran has demanded that any deal must include a truce in Lebanon. US Central Command said Tuesday that it launched 'self-defense strikes against Iran' at Trump's direction in response to the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter with two pilots - both unharmed. The Apache is the second crewed aircraft shot down by Iran during the war, following the loss of an F-15 fighter jet in April. 'The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.' Fighter jets from the U.S. Air Force and Navy targeted 'air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites' in Iran, which acknowledged strikes around Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island, but gave no details on the damage. The US airstrikes prompted a fresh wave of attacks from Tehran, with strikes targeting sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, which both sounded alerts and fired air defenses in response. Donald Trump warned Iran will 'pay the price' after failing to strike a peace deal after months of negotiations It came after Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps promised a 'decisive response to the U.S. aggression', according to the Tasnim news agency. Iranian forces 'will leave no attack or threat unanswered,' Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X. 'Leave our region if you want to be safe.' Jordan also reported shooting down five missiles that Iran shot at an air base hosting U.S. forces. Over the weekend, Iran launched missiles at Israel after it attacked Tehran's proxy terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel retaliated, but the two sides agreed to halt attacks on Monday after Trump's demand for the strikes to stop. This is a breaking story and will be updated.  An oil tanker burns after being hit by an Iranian strike in the ship-to-ship transfer zone at Khor al-Zubair port near Basra, Iraq, on March 11 US Central Command said two pilots were rescued from a Middle Eastern waterway after their aircraft crashed off the coast of Oman. The President confirmed that Iran was responsible The helicopter was brought down by an Iranian Shahed drone, with one US official saying it remains unclear whether the aircraft was initially targeted The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.