President Donald Trump claimed Iran had badly miscalculated by shutting the Strait of Hormuz, saying the “dying” country had effectively stranded itself behind what he described as America’s own “wall of steel.”

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump said Tehran was now desperate to reopen the strategically vital waterway because it was “losing so badly.” He also confirmed that he had rejected Iran’s latest ceasefire proposal.

Iran had proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and returning to nuclear negotiations in return for several US concessions, including the removal of the naval blockade imposed on Iranian ports.

Trump dismissed the offer as “unacceptable,” arguing that Iran was seeking an agreement “because they’re dying” and had “no money coming in.”

He said the US was enforcing the “greatest blockade ever in military history” and claimed Iran wanted an immediate deal to reopen the strait because it was “losing so badly.”

The President further declared that the US was “winning tremendously” and had “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz. Before the war with Iran, roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil passed through the waterway each day.

“Because they get their money from the Hormuz Strait, so they outsmarted themselves,” Trump said.

Trump has told aides that he expects US bombing operations against Iran to continue beyond November’s midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday night.

Trump also said that 29 ships passed out of the strait on Friday night, carrying what he described as “massive amounts of oil.”

“They don’t have any money now, because they wanted to close the strait, and I said, ‘That’s fine. We’re gonna close it on you, but everybody else is able to use it,’” Trump said.

The President had also mocked Iran on Truth Social on Friday night, shortly after reports emerged that the ceasefire proposal had been rejected.

Trump shared an image labeled the “Trump Strait,” echoing his previous efforts to rename the Gulf of America and Lake America through executive orders. He has not officially renamed the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the initial steps of the agreement would take approximately four to five days, according to the Associated Press.

Under the proposed timeline, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen on the sixth day, while negotiations with the US would resume on the final day of the agreement.

During an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump warned that he could “annihilate” Iran if no agreement was reached to end the conflict, which has lasted nearly seven months.

“Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? Maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world?” Trump asked.

“Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?” he added.

Trump also said he believed a deal would be found ‘right after the election because it doesn’t make sense for them not to.’

‘They’re waiting to see how I do in the midterm election,’ Trump added. ‘What they don’t realize is that I’m not running.’

Crude prices around the world have gone up over disruptions on the strait caused by the Iran war.

That has made gasoline more expensive for Americans, which has been brought into focus ahead of the midterms.

About 61 percent of voters say that gas prices are a major concern, per a Fox News poll published on September 16.

Araghchi had said an agreement ‘would be much better if it is done before the midterm election,’ according to CNBC.

He added that it depended on ‘the US administration to decide’ and claimed Iran was ‘not in a hurry.’

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian left New York for Tehran after attending the UN gathering, the Iranian state sponsored news agency MNA reported early Saturday.

Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly that ‘the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying.’ per the BBC.

The Iranian president also discussed the US blockade on the strait while speaking at the UN.

‘It cannot be the case that everyone benefits from the Strait of Hormuz while we are denied access to shipping through this waterway,’ he said, according to the outlet.

The war in Iran started on February 28 after joint US-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other members of his family.

US special peace mission envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with an Iranian delegation in New York on Tuesday, according to Axios.

Witkoff said then on X that he hoped the conversations would ‘prove constructive and promising.’ 

Trump called the meeting ‘very productive’ and said that he thought there was ‘a lot of momentum for them to make a deal,’ the outlet reported. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.

In the spring of 1960, three women traveled to Starved Rock State Park in Illinois for a getaway. Within hours of arriving, they were attacked and killed while hiking.

Their battered bodies were discovered in St. Louis Canyon. Chester Weger, a dishwasher at the nearby lodge, was arrested in connection with the murders and convicted the following year of killing one of the women.

Weger continued to insist he was innocent for the rest of his life. He died in June 2025, just days after a county judge rejected his petition to overturn the conviction.

His family and attorneys have carried on the legal battle. A hearing on a posthumous pardon is scheduled for October 6 before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.

Weger’s attorneys say new DNA evidence casts doubt on the conviction. They also argue that police coerced him into making a confession, which he quickly withdrew.

A hair recovered from one victim’s finger did not match Weger or any of the three women. His lawyers contend it may have belonged to another suspect who was never identified.

Posthumous pardons are exceptionally uncommon. Fewer than 200 have ever been granted, most of them at the state level.

After reviewing the evidence, the board must submit its recommendation to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who will make the final decision.

Andrew Hale, Weger’s attorney, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he believed the defense team had not received a “fair shot” at the most recent evidentiary hearing. He said he remained “hopeful” about the pardon.

“I feel like this board and the governor’s office, if they take a fresh look at this, I should win,” Hale said.

Hale told the Chicago Tribune last summer, following Weger’s death, that his friends and family were “deeply saddened that Chester’s legacy is marred by this unjust conviction.”

Weger died at 86 after spending nearly six decades behind bars. He was released in 2020 after the Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted 9-4 in favor of parole.

“They ruined my life,” he told the Chicago Tribune as he climbed into a minivan on prison grounds after his release.

“(They) locked me up for 60 years for something I’ve never done.”

Weger became a suspect almost immediately after the bodies of Lillian Oetting, 50, Frances Murphy, 47, and Mildred Lindquist, 50, were discovered.

The three women, all wives of upper-class Chicago businessmen, were last seen checking into Starved Rock Lodge, where Weger worked, on March 14, 1960.

Their bodies were found two days later, with shocking injuries that detectives believed were from over 100 blows. 

Police began investigating Weger after lodge employees reported seeing scratches on his face, and he failed multiple lie detector tests. 

Investigators then found lengths of twine at the scene that resembled those in a toolshed near the lodge. 

Police argued that the twine was also used to bind a teenage girl who was raped nearby months before the killings. Weger was never tried or convicted for that crime. 

By September, local police kept Weger under constant surveillance until they arrested him in November. 

Weger testified that he was told multiple times by the state’s attorney and deputy sheriff that if he confessed, he would get life, but if he did not, he would be sentenced to the electric chair. The state’s attorney and sheriff’s office later denied these claims. 

In a 1962 opinion, Justice Harry Hershey of the Supreme Court of Illinois said two sheriff’s deputies visited Weger at his home on November 16.

He was taken in for interrogation and served with nine warrants, and confessed to the crime. Weger recanted his confession two days later. He claimed that threats of electrocution forced him to confess to the murder. 

Weger pleaded not guilty to the triple murder. He denied during his trial that he was involved in the heinous crime, but was convicted on March 3, 1961. 

Prosecutors ultimately decided to prosecute him for Oetting’s murder instead of all three women, citing that he had already been given a life sentence. He appealed, but Justice Hershey upheld his conviction.  

DNA evidence was not discovered until 2004. He asked for clemency three years later but was again denied. 

On his 24th try, he was finally granted parole and was released to live with his family in 2020, where he lived in freedom for five years until his death. 

Descendants of the three victims have maintained that they believe he was guilty of the crime. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Weger’s attorney and the governor’s office for comment.  

Firebrand MAGA supporter Alina Habba is set to marry Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon at a lavish Waldorf Astoria wedding tonight, just eight months after finalizing her second divorce.

The 42-year-old New Jersey native will exchange vows with 29-year-old Mildon during an intimate yet opulent celebration at the newly renovated New York landmark. Close friends and family have gathered for a wedding weekend filled with cocktails, caviar and couture-inspired glamour.

Female guests were seen arriving at the hotel in floor-length gowns, shielding themselves from the weather and clutching invitations as their bow-tie-wearing companions escorted them inside.

Several guests paused for drinks in Peacock Alley before being ushered into private elevators leading to the Grand Ballroom, the setting for the main wedding festivities.

The three-level ballroom covers almost 10,000 square feet and can host up to 1,500 people for a reception. It features tiered balconies, restored Art Deco details and modern lighting, sound and staging technology.

The space has hosted generations of major New York galas, weddings and social occasions, making it a striking backdrop for Habba and Mildon’s reception.

If Habba’s engagement ring is any indication, the wedding celebration is unlikely to be understated.

The attorney has been seen wearing an enormous diamond estimated to weigh at least 23 carats. As one source previously joked, “that ring has its own zip code.”

Mildon has reportedly indulged his bride-to-be with a series of luxury presents, including coveted Hermès Birkin bags. Habba was recently seen carrying a pink ostrich-skin Birkin valued at approximately $30,000.

The couple’s wedding weekend began with a private rehearsal dinner at Aretsky’s Patroon. Guests later gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for cocktails and an extravagant selection of hors d’oeuvres, including caviar.

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Although the guest list is understood to be relatively small, the preparations have been anything but modest. Daily Mail pictures showed a massive box of white cherry blossoms being delivered to the venue.

Towering glass lights and chandeliers, sophisticated audio equipment and dramatic ice sculptures were also brought in as workers transformed the hotel for the celebrations.

Guests traveling from outside New York have joined Habba and Mildon for the occasion, with some reportedly arriving a day before the ceremony as preparations gathered pace at the landmark hotel.

The bride-to-be looked every inch the glamorous bride during the pre-wedding festivities, stepping out in an elegant ivory jumpsuit with heavily embellished shoulders, while Mildon opted for a crisp white shirt and dark trousers.

Both beamed as they posed for pictures with their nearest and dearest, looking every inch the happy couple in the hours before the nuptials.

After months of romance – and a whirlwind engagement – the couple are now preparing to make their relationship official in front of their closest circle, with the spectacular Waldorf setting providing the backdrop for their very glitzy ‘I do.’

Rande Gerber made another emotional visit to the Hollywood Hills home of his late son, Presley.

The 64-year-old businessman arrived at the property on Friday in a black Range Rover, then walked toward the front door with his head lowered beneath a baseball cap, photographs obtained by the Daily Mail show.

Gerber wore a blue T-shirt, white shorts and blue sneakers for the visit.

His wife, Cindy Crawford, 60, was not seen with him. Gerber was accompanied by a male companion.

The visit comes as new details emerge about the severe trauma Presley reportedly experienced as a teenager following his death.

He reportedly remained at the extensively landscaped residence for approximately three hours.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Crawford and Gerber for comment.

It marked Gerber’s second visit to the house this week after Presley died at age 27 from a suspected overdose.

Gerber and Crawford were previously seen leaving the property together on Monday, one day after Presley died at an upscale rehabilitation facility in Santa Monica, California.

The latest visit came after reports that Presley had been cremated, according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ.

The cremation took place at Rose Family Funeral Home. His occupation was listed as an entrepreneur working in mental health.

Reports state that Crawford and Gerber plan to keep their son’s ashes at their Malibu residence.

Although an autopsy has been completed, the cause of death remains under investigation while the medical examiner awaits test results, according to the outlet.

Sources told TMZ that the family is making funeral arrangements and expects the ceremony to be private and small.

Loved ones are said to be looking at both Forest Lawn or Malibu Presbyterian Church to hold the funeral within a week. 

The family has been supported by close friends since the news of Presley’s tragic passing, including actress Laura Dern and George Clooney.

New details about the circumstances in which Presley’s body was discovered after his heartbreaking death reportedly came into focus this week.

On Wednesday, sources described as being close to the investigation said Presley had allegedly been found in a bedroom at the high-end rehab house on September 20, according to TMZ.

Presley had checked into the facility just the night before he was found dead after going into cardiac arrest.

According to TMZ, the sources with knowledge of the investigation alleged that Presley’s body was not on the bed, but instead was found nearby in the room, though they did not specify an exact location.

The sources additionally told the publication that the potentially deadly narcotic fentanyl has not been a focus of the investigation into Presley’s death at this time.

However, final confirmation of any substances that may have played a role in his death will have to wait until the Medical Examiner’s toxicology report is released.

The Daily Mail previously obtained audio of the 911 emergency dispatch call made from the Santa Monica rehab, in which an automated voice could be heard saying ‘cardiac arrest’ followed by ‘overdose.’ 

Perhaps the most chilling detail from the 911 dispatch audio is how rapidly Presley’s condition worsened within minutes.

The first call was made on Sunday, September 20, at 9.35am regarding a cardiac arrest; however, just three minutes later it was upgraded to an ‘overdose,’ then, at 9.40am the priority was upped once again as it was ‘upgraded.’

Shortly after the release of the 911 dispatch audio, sources close to the model told TMZ on Tuesday that a physician had been prescribing him ketamine despite knowing his past problems with the drug.

Ketamine can be used to treat drug addiction; however, that is not the use approved by the FDA.

Presley’s close friends are allegedly angry that the doctor had prescribed the dissociative anesthetic to him while knowing that addiction struggles had been a regular problem for him, according to TMZ.

Over the past weekend on Sunday, it was announced that Presley had died following a years-long struggle with drugs, panic attacks and his mental health.

A Santa Monica Police Department spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Mail on Monday that emergency services were called to a luxury rehab Presley had been staying in on Sunday morning – before he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Per TMZ, Presley had been staying in a separate house on the grounds of the LA rehab, and had roommates. It was also claimed Presley had only checked into the rehab on Saturday night, hours before his death. 

The model had been open about his decade-long struggle with drug addiction and mental health struggles.

Earlier this year, he posted about having a ‘Pre-ibogaine flood dose’ at a Mexican treatment clinic, a single, high-dose administration of the naturally occurring psychoactive substance ibogaine.

Ibogaine is derived from an African shrub and is reported to help with withdrawal symptoms. The high dose is designed to induce a profound ‘reset.’

Presley’s parents and his sister Kaia, 25, praised him for his ‘courage’ in response to his post about starting the treatment in March.

Crawford commented: ‘You are a warrior! Walked thru the fire to find yourself! So proud!’ while Kaia added: ‘That’s my brother I am so damn proud.’

And his father wrote: ‘I’m so proud of you and your courage. Facing what’s hard takes real strength and watching you find your way back to yourself is everything. I love you so much.’

Last November, Presley revealed he had taken a step back from social media to ‘take care of my own mental health for a bit.’

One month later, he opened up about his personal life in a candid social media video. He started sharing ‘Mental Health Mondays’ videos on his Instagram. In one, he listed the medication he takes for ‘night terrors’ and ‘panic attacks’. 

The tragedy cuts short the life of a model who had seemingly been destined to follow his famous mother into fashion from an early age.

Presley started modeling at age 15 and was featured in campaigns for fashion labels such as Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein.

Presley was signed to IMG Models and appeared in a 2018 Pepsi ad with his mother.

He also struggled with mental health at a young age and was arrested for driving under the influence in 2019.

His death comes just weeks after his younger sister Kaia opened up about the enormous toll her brother’s struggles had taken on their famous family – admitting the turmoil had effectively ‘leveled everyone.’

‘When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,’ she told Vogue.

Kaia praised her brother’s willingness to strip away the secrecy surrounding his struggles.

‘My parents for most of our lives were very, very private and didn’t share anything – and now we have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, ‘I’m gonna be very human for everyone.’ There’s only so much you can hide from the world,’ she said.

‘And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you’re ashamed of them,’ she noted.