by Cullen Linebarger

The very fragile agreement forged last month between the United States and Iran is in peril as both sides are flirting with restarting the conflict.

As The New York Post reported, Iran’s 88-member ‘Assembly of Experts’ issued a 10-point statement calling for the death of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump.

The purpose behind the call was to avenge the death of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in February as part of a wider joint operation by the United States and Israel aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials.

The group, which comprises Iran’s most senior clerics and who are constitutionally tasked with choosing and supervising the supreme leader, made clear this was a religious duty that must be carried out “under any circumstances.”

“It is obligatory upon any duty-bound person who gains access to these criminals to send them to hell,” they added.

The Post notes that the clerics claim that the cease-fire negotiations are just a tactic to buy America time for future attacks.

“The likelihood of a renewed attack after will be very high — the matters raised in the memorandum of understanding must be resolved within the stipulated 30-day and 60-day deadlines,” they wrote.

The clerics also urged the Iranian regime supporters to storm the streets in Khamenei’s name.

The concerning development comes as Trump is reportedly considering “finishing the job” in Iran and wiping out the regime for good.

Per the Wall Street Journal, the president has held discussions with War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan “Razin” Caine, regarding restarting full-scale strikes in recent days.

But he is currently holding off at the moment, believing that such attacks destroy diplomatic efforts and cripple any chance of eliminating Iran’s nuclear program.

From the Journal:

President Trump has weighed a return to all-out war with Iran, holding multiple conversations in recent days with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on more strikes, but has decided to stick with diplomatic talks for now, according to U.S. officials familiar with the discussion.

The conversations have centered on whether the U.S. should abandon negotiations and resume full-scale attacks on Iran, the officials said, a move some of them describe as “finishing the job.”

While not making a final decision, Trump has told aides he believes another round of full-scale attacks could derail diplomacy and hurt Washington’s chances of ultimately dismantling Iran’s nuclear program.

Trump also has told aides that he is fine if negotiations with Tehran blow past an Aug. 18 deadline for a nuclear deal, the officials said, a decision that gives the talks more time to work. Meanwhile, the president said he is currently satisfied with ordering one-off strikes on Iran when it violates the “memorandum of understanding,” which sparked back-and-forth fighting over the weekend that undermined a fragile ceasefire clinched two weeks ago.