Trump warns strikes against Iran will continue ‘until I say it’s enough’ as he reveals the brutal attack he’s saving for last unless a deal is made

President Trump has said he will continue bombing Iran and is saving a devastating attack on Iran’s power plants for his final move unless Tehran comes to the negotiating table.

Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that US forces are “going to hit them very hard tonight, very hard tomorrow night” in a brutal campaign that began Sunday.

“I’ll save the energy targets for last, but eventually we will reach the energy targets,” Trump warned.

‘The next night we’re going to hit them hard and next week it’s going to be really bad for them because next week the power plants are coming.’

Trump also said the United States would target the bridges next week unless Iran is willing to negotiate a peace deal that includes giving up its nuclear ambitions.

The latest US bombing campaign came after Trump informed Congress that the war would continue after Iran violated the memorandum of understanding by targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump has not ruled out using US ground forces to ensure that his key objectives are achieved, especially when it comes to the extraction of Iran’s enriched uranium.

US forces were careful not to harm Iran’s civilian population with attacks, but Trump warned Iran that everything was on the table.

‘You’d better make a deal, otherwise you’ll be left with nothing,’ he said.

In an interview with Fox News Channel, the president said that the United States plans to launch attacks on Iran for at least two more days and that such attacks will continue until “I say that’s enough.”

The president also likened Iran to a “big boxer” that needs to be brought to the table.

“You think you’re going to beat them, then they’ll come back and give you a chance,” Trump said.

Trump later claimed in an interview with Fox News that he was not interested in immediately resuming negotiations with Iran because “they are lying.”

But he also said his last contact with negotiators was an hour ago.

The President said ‘oil is flowing like never before’ and praised the Cabinet, including Pete Hegseth, for their work on the Iran issue.

He also announced that the United States would change the 20 percent fee it demands from various Gulf countries in the Strait of Hormuz.

“These investments will be GREAT, but they will also be extraordinarily good for them and their future,” he wrote on Truth Social.

The US military announced that it reimposed the blockade on Iranian ports in response to Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz after the temporary ceasefire agreement was resolved.

There are at least 19 warships in the North Arabian Sea to enforce the blockade, including two aircraft carriers and an amphibious assault ship with more than 1,000 sailors.

A still image taken from the declaration video released on July 14, 2026 is said to show a drone launched by Iran from an unknown location to attack US positions at the Azraq base in Jordan

People attended the commemoration ceremony for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Great Musalla in Tehran

US Central Command also said in a social media post on Tuesday that ‘hundreds of military aircraft are operating in the Middle East’.

The military said the US military strikes, which hit Iran just an hour before the naval blockade began, were aimed at limiting the country’s ability to attack commercial shipping.

According to the US Central Command’s social media post, the military is trying to ‘continue to weaken the capabilities Iran uses to attack commercial ships’.

The blockade will go into effect at 4 p.m. eastern time, and attacks began at 3 p.m., according to U.S. Central Command.

Meanwhile, Iranian state media reported that explosions were heard in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. No further details were immediately provided in the reports.

Nearly a dozen civilians were killed, injured or missing following Iranian attacks on seven commercial ships last week, the U.S. military said Tuesday, as hostilities between the United States and Iran escalate.

US Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper said in his statement that Iran also launched dozens of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles at neighboring Gulf countries.

“US forces hold Iran accountable for unwarranted attacks that continue to endanger innocent lives,” Cooper said.

As concerns about the unraveling of the temporary ceasefire agreement and a return to all-out war grow, the United States has reimposed a blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor in the Middle East.

The US military’s Central Command said the US carried out a new wave of attacks before reimposing the blockade.

The ceasefire between the two countries collapsed last week when Iran hit three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the United States retaliated with two rounds of strikes.

Trump announced the end of the agreement at the NATO summit in Ankara: ‘There is something wrong with them. They are cuckoos. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”

The Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf choke point that carries nearly a fifth of the world’s oil, has been a central flashpoint since the war began in February, with markets spiraling with each tension.

Brent crude climbed above $86 a barrel after Tuesday’s strikes, extending Monday’s 8 percent jump as traders prepared to take control of the world’s most vital oil artery.

Last week, Iran targeted several Middle Eastern countries that host US military bases, claiming responsibility for attacks in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar.

Some of the targets attacked by US forces included missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities and communications networks.