Donald Trump said that the US has a brutal attack of Iran's nuclear facilities as soon as next week unless they come to the bargaining table. In an interview with Fox News Tuesday night, the President promised US forces would 'hit them very hard tonight, very hard tomorrow night' continuing what's been a week of returning to strikes. 'We're going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants,' Trump added. Unless Iran is ready to negotiate, Trump says the US will begin targeting power plants and bridges as soon as next week - a threat for escalated bombing that the president has made for months but not yet followed through on.'I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll hit energy targets,' Trump added.The President likened Iran to 'a great boxer' that needed to be put to the mat. 'You think you have them beat, then they'll come back and give you a shot,' Trump said. Trump suggested later in the interview that he wasn't interested in continuing negotiations immediately with Iran because 'they lie.' Donald Trump compared Iran to a boxer that they'll stop hitting when 'I say its enough' as the US continued a week full of strikes on Tehran In an interview with Fox News Channel, the president said the US plans to launch at least two more days of strikes against Iran and that such attacks will continue 'until I say it's enough'But he also said the last contact he had with negotiators was an hour ago.Trump said that US forces had been careful not to harm Iran's civilian population with strikes up until now, but warned Iran: 'You better make a deal, or you're not going to have anything left.'And he didn't rule out using US ground forces to ensure that his key objectives are met, especially when it comes to removing Iran's enriched uranium.The US military says it has reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iran's attacks on commercial ships on the Strait of Hormuz, as the interim ceasefire deal unravels and concerns grow about a return to all-out war.There are at least 19 warships in the northern Arabian Sea, including two aircraft carriers, and an amphibious assault ship with more than 1,000 Marines aboard, to enforce the blockade.US Central Command also said that there are 'hundreds of military aircraft operating across the Middle East,' in a social media post Tuesday.The US military strikes that are hitting Iran just an hour ahead of the start of the naval blockade are aimed at limiting the country's ability to strike merchant shipping, the military said. According to a social media post by U.S. Central Command, the military is trying to 'continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping.' A still image from handout video released July 14, 2026 said to show a drone being launched by Iran from an unknown location to attack U.S. positions at Azraq base in Jordan Members of the public attend a memorial ceremony service for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Grand Mosalla of TehranThe blockade goes into effect at 4pm eastern time and, according to U.S. Central Command, the strikes began at 3pm.Iranian state media, meanwhile, reported the sound of explosions in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. The reports did not immediately provide further details.It comes as nearly a dozen civilians have been killed, injured or are missing following Iranian attacks on seven commercial ships over the last week, the US military said Tuesday, as fighting escalated between the US and Iran.Adm. Brad Cooper, who leads US Central Command, said in a statement that Iran also launched dozens of missiles and drones at neighboring Gulf countries.'US forces are holding Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression that continues to endanger innocent lives,' Cooper said.The US has reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iran's attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor in the Middle East, as an interim ceasefire deal unravels and concerns grow about a return to all-out war.The US had carried out another wave of strikes ahead of reimposing the blockade, the US military's Central Command said.The truce between the two nations collapsed last week when Iran struck three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the US retaliated with two rounds of strikes.Trump pronounced the deal dead from the NATO summit in Ankara: 'There's something wrong with them. They're cuckoo. As far as I'm concerned, it's over.'The Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf chokepoint carrying about a fifth of the world's oil, has been a central flashpoint since the war began in February, sending markets spiraling with every escalation.Brent crude vaulted above $86 a barrel after Tuesday's strikes, piling onto Monday's 8 percent leap as traders braced for a chokehold on the world's most vital oil artery. Over the last week, Iran has targeted various Middle Eastern countries that host US military bases, claiming responsibility for strikes 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 communication networks.