Donald Trump shares year-old photo in post boasting of Iran 'retribution' today

The US leader shared the photo of fire and smoke rising into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, but claimed the attack occurred as part of America’s latest round of strikes on the Middle Eastern nation.

In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, July 8, Mr Trump wrote: “This is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!”

Included in his post was a screenshot of a new outlet’s post. The outlet issued a correction that the image was not from July 8.

The US launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran after several ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz overnight earlier this week.

The strait, through which 20% of all global oil traded passes, has been a point of contention in the conflict which started after joint US-Israeli strikes were carried out on several Iranian sites in February.

After months of conflict, the US and Iran reached a peace understanding that would see the critical Strait of Hormuz reopen.

On June 17, the US and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to end the war within 60 days.

Washington and Tehran were working to secure a long-term peace deal to end the war, restore global shipping in the essential Strait of Hormuz and aim to resolve an ongoing dispute on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

But the latest clash appears to have hampered peace work.

As part of the MoU, Iran agreed to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume.

The US agreed to lift the naval blockade against Iran and restore traffic within a maximum of 30 days to its full capacity as soon as the MoU was signed.

Mr Trump declared the ceasefire to be “over” at a NATO summit in Türkiye on Wednesday, telling reporters: “I don’t want to deal with them anymore. They’re scum.”

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesday evening, after the president’s comments, that US forces were launching additional strikes on Iran to “further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”, under orders from Mr Trump.