President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that he’d rejected a request for a ceasefire from Iran’s president as he threatened to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages” if Tehran does not allow ships to resume passing freely through the Strait of Hormuz.
Writing on Truth Social, Trump said “Iran’s New Regime President” — who he described as “much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors” — had asked for a “ceasefire” from the U.S.
“We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages,” he added.
The U.S. president is due to deliver a primetime address on the war Wednesday evening. His latest remarks come as the U.S. has failed to rally a force capable of re-opening and guaranteeing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a major waterway and energy traffic route off Iran’s coast that has become the focal point in the war Trump launched last month.
The identity of the new Iranian leader to whom Trump was referring was not entirely clear. Iran’s current president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has served in that role since 2024 and Tehran has denied reports that he has been killed in the joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that began over a month ago.
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