US Launches Massive Strikes on Iran, Trump Demands New Peace Deal

United States military forces launched a massive and brutal new wave of airstrikes targeting various vital assets inside Iranian territory on Wednesday (10/06/2026). The brutal bombardment was personally ordered by US President Donald Trump as a show of force to compel Tehran to immediately sign a new peace deal. Citing CNBC, the United States Central Command (Centcom) confirmed that the additional military operation officially commenced at 5:15 pm local time. Washington argued that the successive bombing was a purely defensive measure against the military aggression continually demonstrated by the Iranian government in the Gulf region. “We hit them hard yesterday, and we will hit them hard again today. We are going to hit them and hit them very hard,” President Trump stated during the signing ceremony for the Secure America Act at the White House. Trump also specifically emphasised that Tehran no longer has any choice but to surrender and agree to the draft agreement proposed by his country. He demanded a new form of deal considered meaningful for Washington’s geopolitical interests in the Middle East. “Iran must sign that deal,” Trump added, hours after posting a threatening message on his social media platform Truth Social stating that Iran must pay a very heavy price for deliberately stalling negotiations. In his public statement, Trump even hurled highly condescending insults at the Persian nation’s air defence and naval combat capabilities. He claimed that his enemy’s war fleet was completely destroyed and no longer had any edge on the battlefield. “Iran’s military is a total mess. Most of it, like their Navy and their Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore. They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action,” Trump mocked cynically to demoralise his opponent. The insulting statement from the president immediately sparked immense anger from Tehran’s parliament. The Head of the National Security Commission in the Iranian Parliament, Ebrahim Azizi, responded with an equally menacing official statement on his social media account. “This time, the war will not be confined to the region,” threatened Ebrahim, indicating that the Iranian military is ready to extend the battlefront beyond the Middle East. The increasingly uncontrollable open warfare escalation instantly battered the pillars of the international economy. Global crude oil prices reportedly skyrocketed, with US crude oil surging nearly 2% to US$89.72 per barrel and Brent crude climbing to US$92.74 per barrel. The opposite condition hit the US stock exchange floors, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average reportedly collapsed and plummeted by more than 600 points moments after Trump’s statement was broadcast to the public. However, Trump tried to calm the financial markets by claiming this was just a routine military operation that would soon conclude. “This is a military operation. When this is over, you will see oil prices come right back down,” Trump asserted to reassure global economic players. This mutual battering was initially triggered by Centcom’s decision to bombard coastal areas of Iran in response to the downing of a US Army Apache attack helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Iranian state media itself denied any offensive military operations in the strait area within the last 24 hours, while local media reported that Tehran’s military had also retaliated by targeting US warships using swarms of drones and missiles.