A drone hit the only nuclear plant in the Arab world on Sunday. Hours later, Trump told Iran on Truth Social that "the Clock is Ticking."
He said Iran needs to move fast "or there won't be anything left of them." The post came right after a call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
The US-Iran ceasefire is starting to look more like a pause than a peace.
Three drones came in over the UAE's western border. Two got shot down.
The third hit the Barakah nuclear plant, sparking a fire on its edge.
The site is worth $20 billion. It supplies about a quarter of the UAE's power.
The UAE called the strike an "unprovoked terrorist attack." It did not name a culprit.
But the country has blamed Iran for past drone strikes tied to the Strait of Hormuz fight. A US naval block now traps over 1,500 ships there.
Rafael Mariano Grossi runs the UN's nuclear watchdog. He said the agency had "grave concern" about the strike.
One of the plant's reactors is now on emergency diesel power, after a fire hit an electrical generator.
The plant has not been hit in this war before. Iran-backed Houthis once claimed to have aimed at the site in 2017, when it was still being built.
The UAE denied any missiles landed then.
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Trump's post landed minutes after his call with Netanyahu. The PM told his cabinet that Israel is "prepared for any scenario."
Two people told the Associated Press that Israel is coordinating with the US on a possible new round of strikes. One source was an Israeli military officer.
Iranian state TV picked up the heat. Anchors went on air holding rifles.
One presenter mimed firing at the UAE flag. Another said she was "ready to sacrifice my life for this country."
The US and Iran have been in a shaky ceasefire since early April. That posture is wearing thin.
Oil is the most direct read. The US block has cut Iran's sea exports to near zero.
No tankers have loaded at its main oil hub in close to a month. A new round of bombing would tighten the squeeze.
It could also pull Saudi or Iraqi crude into the line of fire.
Defense names tend to catch a bid on weeks like this. So do gold and the dollar.
That is the classic three-way trade when global risk spikes.
The plant is intact and the reactors are safe. But the politics around the strike are not.
Watch for Iran's response to Trump's post. Watch Tel Aviv for any sign of new strikes.
And watch the oil tape - that is the piece that hits portfolios first.
The ceasefire did not end on Sunday. It just got harder to hold.
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