"You close it, and you won't have a country. You won't even make it back to your f—ing country," said Trump.

Trump Shifts Focus to Iran

Truth Social: Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don't, we'll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Jun 21, 2026, 7:30 AM

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Threatens to Strike Iran Over Hezbollah as Lebanon Snarls Talks

President Trump warned the U.S. could strike Iran over its support for Hezbollah, as fighting between the militant group and Israel threatened to upend the preliminary peace deal he signed last week and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's comments on social media came as Vice President JD Vance was in Switzerland for talks with Iran that had been diverted to focusing on last week's flare-up in Lebanon instead of the discussion on Iran's nuclear program that the administration had wanted.

Last week, Trump and Vance aired the administration's frustration with Israel after what they called a heavy-handed retaliatory strike nearly derailed their deal with Iran. Israel has argued that it will keep fighting as long as Hezbollah does.

Trump's new comments Sunday focused on Iran instead.

"Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble," Trump said on social media Sunday. "If they don't, we'll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!"

Fox News reported that Trump said in an interview that he had spoken with Iranian officials Saturday night and warned them not to close the strait.

"You close it, and you won't have a country," Fox said, quoting Trump. "You won't even make it back to your f—ing country."

In a sign of the high stakes in Switzerland, Vance is leading the talks for the U.S. with Iran's chief negotiator, parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is heading the team from Tehran. The two sides began direct talks at the Alpine resort of Bürgenstock after meeting separately with mediators from Qatar and Pakistan, according to Iran's state media.

Vance struck an upbeat tone after his initial round of talks with Iran.

"We've already made great progress over just the last few hours, and I expect that we will make additional progress in the hours to come," Vance said in an impromptu press conference at the site of the negotiations, adding that conditions were improving in Lebanon.

If Iran stops what the vice president called destabilizing activities, the U.S. is ready to "turn over a new leaf to transform our relationship with the people of Iran," Vance said.