BEIRUT, April 9 -- President Donald Trump has said US troops deployed near Iran will remain stationed in the area, and will start "shooting" again unless Tehran fully complies with the deal it reached with Washington.

"All US Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with," Trump said late on Wednesday (8) on his Truth Social platform.

"If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the 'Shootin' Starts', bigger, and better, and stronger than any...