diff -up a/iron b/iron
--- a/iron	2022-09-22 16:58:41.352303177 +0200
+++ b/iron	2022-09-22 16:57:54.359304361 +0200
@@ -332,6 +332,29 @@ IRON_INSERT()
   IRON_SEND_MESSAGE ; ${0} && IRON_EXIT
 }
 
+# open the url
+IRON_OPENURL() {
+		URL_SRC1="$(grep -Po '((((http|https|ftp|ircs)|mailto)|magnet)[.:][^ >"\t]*|www\.[-a-z0-9.]+)[^ .,;\t>">\):]' $WDIR/iron-message | head -n 1)"
+		URL_SRC2="$(grep -Po '((((http|https|ftp|ircs)|mailto)|magnet)[.:][^ >"\t]*|www\.[-a-z0-9.]+)[^ .,;\t>">\):]' $WDIR/iron-messageimg | head -n 1)"
+
+		# image or message link
+		if [ "$TYPE" != "IMG" ]; then
+				URL_FOLLOW="$URL_SRC1"
+		else
+				URL_FOLLOW="$URL_SRC2"
+		fi
+
+		# if it's empty, reset
+		if [ "$URL_FOLLOW" = "" ]; then
+				$0 && IRON_EXIT
+		else
+				command -v xdg-open > /dev/null && xdg-open "$URL_FOLLOW" # Edit this line if you want to switch web browser
+				$0 && IRON_EXIT
+		fi
+		
+		rm -f $WDIR/iron-messagedata && ${0} && IRON_EXIT
+}
+
 # run a command and perform its action
 IRON_CMD()
 {
@@ -342,6 +365,8 @@ IRON_CMD()
   "r") rm -f $WDIR/iron-messagedata && ${0} && IRON_EXIT ;;
   "reset") IRON_RESET ;;
   "e") touch $WDIR/iron-editor-message ; $EDITOR $WDIR/iron-editor-message && IRON_MESSAGE_TYPE=editor && IRON_SEND_MESSAGE ;;
+  "o") TYPE=URL && IRON_OPENURL ;;
+  "i") TYPE=IMG && IRON_OPENURL ;;
   esac
 
   $0 && IRON_EXIT