Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated sharply in recent days, after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly declared that the month-long bilateral ceasefire is barely clinging to survival, dismissing Iran’s counter-proposal for a lasting peace as entirely unacceptable. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump characterized the current truce, which has held since mid-April despite sporadic cross-fire exchanges, as \”unbelievably weak\”, drawing a grim comparison to a terminally ill patient with only a 1 percent chance of survival. \”I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support… when the doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1 percent chance of living’,\” Trump told reporters.