A channel affiliated with Iran published a message attributed to President Trump, in which he says Iran must stop its proxies in Lebanon or the US will strike Iran hard again. The channel then criticizes Trump for agreeing to a deal that reportedly excludes the proxies, and notes that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite the deal.
A channel linked to Iranian sources has published a message attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump, stating that Iran must immediately stop its proxies in Lebanon or face another hard American strike — and then posted a critical commentary questioning the credibility of the reported U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. The post argues that the deal reportedly excluded the proxies and notes that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed in violation of the agreement. The channel also linked to an article on the website gplanet.co.il titled 'Who knowingly enters an Iranian extortion mechanism?' The post appeared after Trump's threat on Sunday at 16:31 Jerusalem, which escalated across eight versions reported by The Zioneer — from an initial unverified single-source claim to a confirmed statement by the president himself, with increasing specificity about the target (Hezbollah) and the consequences (strikes 'very hard, just like last week, only harder').
The thread began at 16:31 Jerusalem Sunday, when The Zioneer reported an unverified statement attributed to Trump warning Iran to stop funding Hezbollah or face U.S. strikes. Within minutes, additional versions followed: Trump specified the threat was about stopping the proxies' 'trouble'; then that the U.S. would strike with 'very great force'; then that the warning was issued via a post on Twitter; and finally that Hamas 'is not causing many problems' and that resolving the Iran situation would settle other matters. By 16:31, the desk had moved from 'unverified single source' to multiple Israeli news outlets confirming the statement.
As The Zioneer reported earlier, Iran has repeatedly warned that if the U.S. does not enforce a halt to Israeli strikes on Lebanon, 'all understandings will be in danger' (Saturday, June 20, 17:51 Jerusalem). Tehran has also linked the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon (Friday, June 19, 13:48 Jerusalem), and has accused Israel of violating the Lebanon ceasefire and demanded U.S. intervention (Friday, June 19, 08:56 Jerusalem).
The identity of the channel and its direct ties to Iran's leadership could not be independently confirmed; the post is reported as a claim from a single, unverified source. The U.S. and Iran have not commented on this specific post, and the Strait of Hormuz's status remains as cited in the channel's critique — independently unverified by the desk.
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