As the peace deal came under strain over the week, President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran have agreed to continue talks despite a recent escalation of hostilities but he flatly declared that the ceasefire reached between the two sides last month was "over".

US President Donald Trump announces that while Washington will continue diplomatic talks with Iran, the fragile ceasefire between the two nations is officially over.

While Trump said the MoU with Iran is ‘over’, US officials have reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to continue talks.

As renewed strikes put pressure on the fragile US-Iran peace deal, Israel shared new intel with Washington, indicating that Tehran was plotting to "kill" US President Donald Trump, according to US media reports.

A preliminary peace deal between the U.S. and Iran is in jeopardy after hostilities flared up again and Trump said he considered the ceasefire “over.”

President Trump on Friday declared the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is over, even as he said talks to find a peace deal will continue. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue ‘talks.’ We have agreed to do so,

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that negotiations with Iran will continue, but he made it clear that the ceasefire is "OVER." The post Trump Fires Back at Iran’s Request to ‘Continue’ Peace Talks: ‘Ceasefire Is OVER!

"The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete," President Donald Trump said in a social media post. "Congratulations to all!"

Efforts are underway to rekindle U.S.-Iran diplomacy after the most intense exchange of attacks since the ceasefire took effect.

At the same time he declared a peace deal, Trump told The New York Times that if Iran and the U.S. fail to reach a nuclear accord, he would restart military attacks or make the United States "the guardian of the Middle East" in return for 20% of the region’s revenues.

Trump declared the ceasefire to be over “in no uncertain terms” after days of retaliatory strikes from both sides.