{"id":17138,"date":"2026-07-25T21:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17138"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:27:14","slug":"iran-and-u-s-appear-to-pause-strikes-for-a-night-after-trump-talks-of-massive-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17138","title":{"rendered":"Iran and U.S. Appear to Pause Strikes for a Night After Trump Talks of \u2018Massive Attack\u2019"},"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 id=\"attachment_5744671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5744671\" class=\"wp-image-5744671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-22-at-15-40-49.jpg\" alt=\"donald trump\" width=\"2540\" height=\"1426\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5744671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the first time in nearly two weeks, U.S. Central Command did not announce new overnight strikes in Iran, marking a pause in the escalating conflict as President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> recently said he was considering a new &#8220;massive attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2080463031289380910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unleashed 13 straight days of strikes<\/a> on Iran after a memorandum of understanding between the two nations, which was supposed to include a ceasefire, fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>There were also no reported new strikes from Iran on American targets in the region,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/25\/world\/live-news\/iran-war-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> according to reports,<\/a> though the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center did issue a warning Saturday after an apparent incident between a tanker and military forces in the Gulf of Oman. The group did not detail the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vessels are advised to consider the latest maritime security information and maintain awareness of the evolving operational environment. Authorities are aware and relevant investigations remain ongoing,&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukmto.org\/-\/media\/ukmto\/products\/20260725-ukmto_advisory-096-26.pdf?rev=b165d9e183b24da0941e86c5e552d2a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the UKMTO cautioned.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While no new strikes were reported, an apparent new front was opened in the conflict Saturday when Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, in the cities of Yanbu and Jizan,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/iran-war-trump-houthis-saudi-arabia-escalation-07-25-26\"> according to Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia answered the Houthi hostilities, with Saudi Major General Turki Al-Malki announcing Saturday the country had made a\u00a0&#8220;a firm, resolute, and proportionate military response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The apparent pause in airstrikes came a day after Trump told Axios reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/23\/trump-axios-iran-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Barak Ravid<\/strong><\/a> Thursday that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-says-hes-close-to-ordering-massive-attack-on-iran-they-havent-received-enough-pain-yet\/\">was mulling military strikes<\/a> that would go beyond anything carried out since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The president told the outlet he had not yet made a final decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,\u201d Trump said, adding of Iran, \u201cThey haven\u2019t received enough pain yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The reported pause also came a day after Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office and refused to answer a direct questions as to whether blowing up bridges, power plants and water desalination facilities constitutes a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-refuses-to-say-if-blowing-up-irans-bridges-is-war-crime-i-wont-respond-to-that-question\/\">refused to answer<\/a> when asked if blowing up civilian sites in Iran constituted a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won\u2019t respond to that question,&#8221; the president told <strong>Shawn McCreesh<\/strong> of <em>The New York Time<\/em>s.<\/p>\n<p>Four American troops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/new-bombshell-report-reveals-trump-admin-removed-us-troops-names-from-iran-casualty-list\/\">were recently killed in the conflict,<\/a> bringing the death toll to 18 since the war began.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/iran-and-u-s-appear-to-pause-strikes-for-a-night-after-trump-talks-of-massive-attack\/\">Iran and U.S. Appear to Pause Strikes for a Night After Trump Talks of \u2018Massive Attack\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\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>Screenshot For the first time in nearly two weeks, U.S. Central Command did not announce new overnight strikes in Iran, marking a pause in the escalating conflict as President Donald Trump recently said he was considering a new &#8220;massive attack.&#8221; The United States unleashed 13 straight days of strikes on Iran after a memorandum of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-22-at-15-40-49.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138","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=17138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}