US President Donald Trump stated that the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran was finished following overnight strikes between the two nations during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

"To me, I think it's over," he said.

"I don't want to deal with them [Iran] anymore. They're scum. They're sick people."

"I'm with you" on Iran, responded NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Earlier, Rutte had called the US strikes absolutely necessary, pointing out that Iran had broken the ceasefire signed three weeks prior.

"When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the US forcefully react," Rutte told reporters.

On Tuesday night, US forces carried out a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting commercial shipping with civilian crews in an international waterway, according to US Central Command.

In response, Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed strikes on US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait after the US targeted air defense systems, coastal surveillance, and missile and drone launch sites in southern Iran.

When asked about the strikes, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten stressed the need to show Iran that breaches of the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East will not be accepted.

"At the same time, you must apply maximum diplomatic pressure to make sure talks continue, and a solution is reached," he said.

Breaches of ceasefire must be met with force until diplomatic pressures prevail

Senior diplomatic advisor to the president of the UAE, Dr. Anwar Gargash, released a statement on X saying the Iranian attacks on Qatari and Saudi commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and the repeated aggression against Bahrain and Kuwait indicate that Tehran cannot commit to de-escalation and turning the page on war.

"The Arab Gulf states cannot remain a target for Iran's hesitation between the logic of escalation and the path of rationality, stability, and peace."

Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on X condemning Iran's actions with its strongest denunciation of the repeated heinous Iranian aggressions against the State of Kuwait.

The ministry affirmed that continuation of these brazen aggressions at a time when regional and international efforts aimed at de-escalation are underway constitutes a systematic undermining of efforts to reduce tensions and strikes at the supporting international will for this path, while emphasizing that Kuwait maintains the right to take all necessary measures to preserve its sovereignty and security.