{"id":15811,"date":"2026-07-24T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15811"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:25:37","slug":"u-s-launches-new-iran-strikes-trump-threatens-massive-attack-as-war-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15811","title":{"rendered":"U.S. launches new Iran strikes, Trump threatens \u2018massive attack\u2019 as war widens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-0b1280\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump said Thursday there would be \u201cmajor military punishment\u201d for both Iran and the Houthis after the Yemen-based rebels struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, days after saying they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a3b70d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIf they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and\/or \u200bProxy of Iran,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-97ace6\" class=\"body-graf\">He also said later Thursday that Washington would use Iranian assets held by the U.S. to pay for \u201cany damages to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto,\u201d sparking outcry from Tehran. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8fa872\" class=\"body-graf\">Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the threat an \u201cincendiary precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fabdd8\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThose who celebrate or profit from such funds should remember: once governments normalize confiscation, no one\u2019s assets are safe,\u201d Araghchi said in a post on X early Friday local time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-dc6dbb\" class=\"body-graf\">Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near-standstill amid the continued Iranian attacks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1132ad\" class=\"body-graf\">The sole vessel to cross fully through the strait on Thursday was the New Giant oil tanker, heading for Rizhao in China.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-0a49cf\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260723-Bab-el-Mandeb-Strait-rs-a96079.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260723-Bab-el-Mandeb-Strait-rs-a96079.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260723-Bab-el-Mandeb-Strait-rs-a96079.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260723-Bab-el-Mandeb-Strait-rs-a96079.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260723-Bab-el-Mandeb-Strait-rs-a96079.jpg\" alt=\"Satellite Imagery Of The Bab el-Mandeb Strait\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Satellite imagery of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Gallo Images \/ Copernicus Sentinel Data 2026 via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-3e6ae4\" class=\"body-graf\">The picture was less clear in the Red Sea, where some ships have turned around in the face of the Houthi threat but traffic did not seem to have slowed overall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ba4daf\" class=\"body-graf\">In the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Thursday, 8 tankers travelled north through the chokepoint into the Red Sea, with 14 traveling south into the Gulf of Aden, according to an NBC News analysis of MarineTraffic data. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d69247\" class=\"body-graf\">Some ships may have had their transmitters switched off, and so actual numbers may be higher. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-be1159\" class=\"body-graf\">With both blockades fueling fears over global energy supplies, the price of international benchmark Brent crude oil jumped above the $100 a barrel threshold on Thursday for the first time since May before dropping back down. As of Friday morning, it hovered around $97 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-174b47\" class=\"body-graf\">And the two sides continued to exchange airstrikes. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5bc01f\" class=\"body-graf\">U.S. Central Command said it had completed a 13th straight night of strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f9936f\" class=\"body-graf\">CENTCOM said it targeted \u201cIranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-818bd4\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260724-iran-2-rs-16c91b.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260724-iran-2-rs-16c91b.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260724-iran-2-rs-16c91b.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260724-iran-2-rs-16c91b.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260724-iran-2-rs-16c91b.jpg\" alt=\"A boat is targeted during U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets, in this screengrab taken from a Central Command handout video released Thursday.\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">A boat is targeted during U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets, in this screengrab taken from a Central Command handout video released Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">U.S. Central Command  \/ via X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-578e8e\" class=\"body-graf\">Impacts were reported across Iran, with state-run news agency IRNA reporting that four people were killed and five injured in the area of Ahvaz.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8e0a93\" class=\"body-graf\">Tehran launched new strikes, including on U.S. bases in Kuwait, with Bahrain also activating sirens. Explosions were reported near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-783ce3\" class=\"body-graf\">And as fears of further escalation grow, hopes the peace process may be revived have dimmed. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f4fc90\" class=\"body-graf\">Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Thursday paid his first official visit to Iran since assuming office in May, notable given Iraq\u2019s close ties to both Washington and Tehran.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-16f136\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump said Thursday that the Iranians did \u201cwant to negotiate\u201d but were not prepared to make a deal yet. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-148f89\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThey haven\u2019t received enough pain yet,\u201d he told Axios.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5987ec\" class=\"endmark body-graf\"><em>Richard Engel reported from Jerusalem, and Chantal Da Silva and Matthew Mulligan from London.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said Thursday there would be \u201cmajor military punishment\u201d for both Iran and the Houthis after the Yemen-based rebels struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, days after saying they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia. \u201cIf they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260724-iran-rs-b0a311.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}