Iran is set to hold live-fire military exercises next week in the Strait of Hormuz following President ’s announcement that a U.S. armada was en route to the region amid rising tensions with Tehran.

Iranian state media reported Thursday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ naval forces will execute the drills.

This announcement came one day after Trump stated a sizable naval force—led by the —was moving toward Iran.

In a Truth Social post, the president cautioned Tehran to swiftly rejoin nuclear program negotiations, noting the fleet was prepared to act with “speed and violence” if necessary.

“Time is running out, it is truly of the essence! As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran,” he wrote. “The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again.”

In June, the targeted Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites using B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles.

Bombers flew nonstop for 37 hours from Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base to drop 12 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators on Fordow and two on Natanz.

A U.S. submarine also launched more than two dozen cruise missiles at Isfahan.

Trump is weighing military action against Tehran amid international scrutiny over the Islamic regime’s crackdown— which has killed thousands of anti-government protesters—as .

Last week, Iran warned it would respond “with everything we have” to any new U.S. military attack, accusing Washington and its allies of exploiting recent unrest to push the region toward a wider war.

“As Iranians grieve their loved ones and rebuild what has been destroyed, another threat looms: the final failure of diplomacy. Unlike the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack,” Iran’s foreign minister, ,.