A ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared to collapse Tuesday, June 10, after a new exchange of fire between the two countries — and President Trump made clear he wasn’t interested in waiting any longer for a deal.
Trump said Tehran had taken “too long” to negotiate and would now “pay the price.” He offered no specifics about what that response would look like, and the White House hadn’t outlined next steps as of the time of the CBS News report.
The breakdown
The brief halt in hostilities had raised expectations of a diplomatic path forward. That window appears to have closed. A fresh round of fire — the details of which weren’t immediately available from the CBS News account — pushed both sides back to open confrontation, and Trump’s statement signaled the U.S. isn’t stepping back from a hard line.
Whether formal negotiations were ever close to producing an agreement isn’t clear from the available reporting. What is clear: the president’s tone shifted sharply, from suggesting talks were possible to warning of consequences.
The situation remained fluid as of Tuesday morning. No timetable for any U.S. response had been announced.
Originally reported by CBS News. Read the original report.
