{"success":true,"data":{"id":"cb8ba016-da84-4773-aed0-fbb60e8dd072","title":"Trump says the United States is 'not finished' with Iran","summary":"A 10th straight day of hostilities between the United States and Iran across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal.","content":"Regions\n\nTopics\n\nCategories\n\nIn focus\n\nConflicts[Iran](https://www.dw.com/en/iran/t-18996175)\n\n# Trump says the United States is 'not finished' with Iran\n\n[Louis Oelofse](https://www.dw.com/en/louis-oelofse/person-60299656) | [Kieran Burke](https://www.dw.com/en/kieran-burke/person-58849898) | [Ramisha Ali](https://www.dw.com/en/ramisha-ali/person-72123424) | [Zac Crellin](https://www.dw.com/en/zac-crellin/person-62773396) with AFP, AP, Reuters, dpa\n\nA 10th straight day of hostilities between the United States and Iran across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal.\n\nCopy link\n\nTrump projected that it would take Iran more than 20 years to rebuild from damage sustained Image: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo/picture alliance\n\n## What you need to know\n\n*   Trump says US military campaign against Iran will continue\n*   Iran struck sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan\n*   Trump says US will be hitting Pickaxe Mountain area 'pretty soon'\n*   Two tankers carrying Saudi crude make U-turns in Red Sea after Houthi warning\n\n*   Saudi Arabia condemns Houthis' Red Sea blockade\n\n_Below is a roundup of the main developments from the [US-Iran war](https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war/t-76168615) on July 21, 2026._\n\n_Tired of missing our real-time updates? 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Then tap the \"Star\" or \"Preferred\" to keep DW News at the top of your feed._\n\n3 hours ago 3 hours ago\n## Trump warns US will respond to any Houthi blockade of Saudi ports\n\nPresident Donald Trump says the US will respond if Yemen's Iran-aligned [Houthi movement](https://www.dw.com/en/houthis/t-67629191) carries out its threat to impose a naval blockade on Saudi ports.\n\nTrump told reporters that if the Houthis take action, \"we will just have to take care of business.\"\n\n\"You know, we've done that with the Houthis before, and we haven't heard from them in a while since we did what we did originally. \"\n\n## Iran war: Analyzing the Houthi blockade against Saudi Arabia\n\n14:19\n\nThe Houthis, who control much of northern and western Yemen, including the [Red Sea coast](https://www.dw.com/en/red-sea/t-78052099), announced the blockade on Monday, opening a potential new front in the wider regional conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States.\n\nThe announcement follows renewed clashes between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, raising concerns about the future of a truce that has largely held since 2022.\n\nTwo tankers carrying Saudi crude to China and India reportedly changed course on Tuesday, avoiding the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connect the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.\n\nCopy link\n\n## Trump says US not finished with Iran campaign, dismisses immediate talks\n\nPresident [Donald Trump](https://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-russia-ukraine-israel-gaza-tariffs-trade-war/t-19434433) said the United States will continue its military campaign against Iran.\n\nSpeaking during a White House meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Trump said Iran would need 20 to 25 years to rebuild from the damage already sustained.\n\n\"If we left right now, it would take Iran 20, 25 years to rebuild. Okay, and we're not finished at all ... we're not leaving right now,\" he told reporters.\n\nTrump also expressed skepticism about potential talks aimed at ending the conflict.\n\n\"I will tell you, they want to desperately meet. And until they're ready to meet in a meaningful way, we have no interest in meeting,\" Trump told reporters.\n\nHe said that in dialogue behind the scenes, Iranian officials had said \"they want to meet desperately to try and end it, because they're getting decimated.\"\n\nTrump also said the US would be ‌hitting ⁠the ⁠Pickaxe Mountain area, located ​near Iran's heavily damaged ​Natanz uranium ​enrichment ‌facility, \"pretty soon.\"\n\nCopy link\n\n## Lebanon's Aoun urges Trump to back Lebanese military\n\n[Lebanese](https://www.dw.com/en/lebanon/t-19131661) President Joseph Aoun has urged US President Donald Trump to maintain support for Lebanon's military, warning that southern Lebanon could slide back into the kind of instability seen in the 1970s without continued backing.\n\n\"We don't want to see that back again. All we're asking is, keep supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces,\" Aoun told reporters.\n\nSpeaking at a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Aoun said he fully trusts the Lebanese Armed Forces and called for ongoing US assistance to help secure the country's south.\n\nTrump vowed the US would help Lebanon going forward.\n\n\"It's been a very badly treated place and country, and we're going to have it properly treated, and treated with the respect that it deserves,\" Trump said.\n\nAnoun's meeting with Trump wraps up a four-day visit to Washington Image: Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS\n\nThe talks come as Lebanon seeks the [withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of southern Lebanon](https://www.dw.com/en/lebanons-lose-lose-is-there-another-way-out-of-conflict/a-77678731).\n\nLebanon and Israel announced a [framework agreement](https://www.dw.com/en/israel-peace-deal-greeted-with-skepticism-fear-in-lebanon/a-77775047) on June 26.\n\nThe US-mediated deal is aimed at ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Shiite militant group in Lebanon.\n\nLebanon is seeking greater support for its military to take control of former Hezbollah strongholds.\n\nCopy link\n\n7 hours ago 7 hours ago\n## France summons Iranian charge d'affaires over Tehran embassy incident\n\n[France](https://www.dw.com/en/france/t-19065412)'s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ‌charge ⁠d'affaires ⁠on Tuesday over an incident where it said French Embassy staff in Tehran had been physically intimidated by Iranian security services.\n\nA spokesperson said the ministry's secretary-general had \"informed him of our strongest condemnation of this premeditated and deliberate aggression.\"\n\n\"France ​expects the Iranian authorities to shed ​light on this incident, punish the ⁠perpetrators, ​and ​ensure the security of ​its premises ‌and personnel, in ​accordance ⁠with their international obligations,\" ⁠the ​spokesperson said.\n\nWhen reporting the incident two days ago, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the staff members had been treated in a manner that was \"in flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity.\"\n\nBoth were \"detained for several hours without reason, interrogated, and one of them was physically abused\" before they were able to return to the embassy, he said.\n\nCopy link\n\n9 hours ago 9 hours ago\n## WATCH: Iran war: Analyzing the Houthi blockade against Saudi Arabia\n\nAs the Iran war ripples across the Middle East, Yemen's Houthis threaten a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait. What risk does this blockade pose to regional security\n\n14:19\n\nCopy link\n\n## Kuwait says Iran hit several power, water plants on Monday strikes\n\nIran struck several power generation and water desalination plants in attacks on Monday, according to [Kuwait](https://www.dw.com/en/kuwait/t-67603965)'s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy.\n\n\"In light of the continued Iranian heinous aggressions on the state of Kuwait, several electricity power plants and water desalination stations were subjected to attacks for the fourth day in a row resulting in fires in several facilities,\" the ministry said in a post on X.\n\nThe ministry said a number of power generation units were taken out of service to ensure the stability of the electricity and water grid.\n\nAuthorities have called on the public to ration their electricity use due to the attacks, which come amid the scorching summer heat in the Gulf country, where residents survive off of constant air conditioning.\n\nCopy link\n\n10 hours ago 10 hours ago\n## Iranian minister meeting with mediators in Pakistan — reports\n\nNews agencies are reporting that [Iran](https://www.dw.com/en/iran/t-18996175)'s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni is in [Pakistan](https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan/t-19069841) to meet with mediators amid continued US and Iranian strikes.\n\nThe Associated Press reported that Momeni had met Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir to discuss the closed-door negotiations and cited two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.\n\nMomeni is also expected to meet Prime Minister [Shehbaz Sharif](https://www.dw.com/en/shehbaz-sharif/t-76830426) later Tuesday.\n\nThe Reuters news agency cited a senior Iranian official as saying that Tehran had received a proposal from mediators for a 10-day ceasefire in a bid to salvage the interim agreement that ultimately aimed at ending the war.\n\nCopy link\n\n11 hours ago 11 hours ago\n## WATCH: Strait of Hormuz: Iran's most powerful weapon?\n\nRoughly a quarter of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas trade usually passes through the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.dw.com/en/strait-of-hormuz/t-76193780). Has control of this strategic choke point become a more powerful weapon than a nuclear bomb?\n\n## Strait of Hormuz: Iran's most powerful weapon?\n\n26:04\n\nCopy link\n\n## Bahrain says Iranian attack intercepted\n\n[Bahrain](https://www.dw.com/en/bahrain/t-18962343)'s military said it intercepted Iranian aerial strikes on Tuesday in yet another attack on the Gulf kingdom.\n\n\"The air defences of the Bahrain Defence Force intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian aerial aggressions,\" the military said in a statement.\n\nLater, sirens sounded once again in the Gulf kingdom.\n\n\"The siren has been sounded, Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place,\" the Interior Ministry said in a statement on X.\n\nThe ministry advised residents to follow communications from official channels.\n\nCopy link\n\n12 hours ago 12 hours ago\n## WATCH: Iran engaged in 'full-scale war' with US, says Iran's President Pezeshkian\n\nIran's president says the country is now engaged in a ‘full-scale war’ as fighting with the United States intensifies across the Middle East.\n\nWith US airstrikes entering a ninth consecutive night, Iranian attacks targeting American assets across the Gulf, and commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz largely disrupted, fears are growing of a wider regional conflict.\n\nWe speak to Middle East security expert Sara Bazoobandi about the risks of escalation and what's at stake for global trade and security.\n\nCopy link\n\n## READ: Iran's oil supply threat extends beyond Strait of Hormuz\n\nThe Strait of Hormuz blockade has turned into a game of endurance as oil and gas traffic once again plunges Image: AFP\n\nOil and gas producers in the Gulf are seeking alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz as traffic again comes under fire. But is Iran also turning its attention to the pipelines meant to bypass the waterway?\n\nCopy link\n\n13 hours ago 13 hours ago\n## Jordan targeted by Iranian drones\n\n[Jordan](https://www.dw.com/en/jordan/t-39527586)'s military said it had intercepted five drones launched by [Iran](https://www.dw.com/en/iran/t-18996175).\n\nThe state-run Petra news agency reported that the interceptions took place during overnight attacks\n\nThe agency cited a senior military source as confirming that the interceptions took place without any casualties or damage caused on the ground.\n\nIran's Revolutionary Guard said their forces targeted a complex housing US forces, confirming the attack.\n\nJordan hosts US forces and aircraft and has therefore been a frequent target of Iranian attacks since a preliminary deal between Washington and Tehran collapsed some two weeks ago.\n\nCopy link\n\n## Lebanon's military deploys in southern town after Israeli withdrawal, sources say\n\nLebanese forces had started deploying in the southern town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh after Israel withdrew troops from the area, news agencies have reported, citing military sources.\n\nThe AFP news agency reported that Lebanese soldiers \"have begun deploying to the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh\" in the Nabatieh region, after Israel occupied parts of southern Lebanon during their war with [Hezbollah](https://www.dw.com/en/hezbollah/t-41508807).\n\nThe move is in line with a plan sponsored by Washington that sees [Lebanon](https://www.dw.com/en/lebanon/t-19131661)'s military assume greater responsibility for security and work to remove Iran-backed Hezbollah's weapons from the area.\n\nAccording to the US-sponsored [framework agreement](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/06/trilateral-framework-between-the-united-states-of-america-the-state-of-israel-and-the-republic-of-lebanon \"External link — framework agreement\") between Lebanon and Israel, reached late June, Lebanon's armed forces will \"gradually assume full and effective security responsibility in pilot zones, which will serve as the mechanism for phased and verified redeployments of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and the deployments of the LAF (Lebanese Armed Forces).\"\n\nCopy link\n\n15 hours ago 15 hours ago\n## Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims attack on Amazon infrastructure in Bahrain\n\nIran's state media have reported that Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) claimed to have destroyed infrastructure belonging to US company [Amazon](https://www.dw.com/en/amazon/t-17911942)in [Bahrain](https://www.dw.com/en/bahrain/t-18962343).\n\nIRNA reported that \"multiple missiles\" were launched against \"Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain, completely destroying it.\"\n\nThere has been no official confirmation from Bahrain and the claims cannot be independently verified.\n\nCopy link\n\n19 hours ago 19 hours ago\n## US military completes latest round of strikes on Iran\n\nThe US military said it completed another round of strikes against Iran,targeting military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems.\n\nIn a statement, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the operation was aimed at degrading Iran's ability to continue[attacks on commercial vessels](https://www.dw.com/en/iran-wars-economic-impact/t-76891279) transiting the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.dw.com/en/strait-of-hormuz/t-76193780), one of the world's [most important maritime trade routes](https://www.dw.com/en/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-still-irans-trump-card/a-77870807).\n\nCENTCOM said [commercial shipping](https://www.dw.com/en/shipping/t-67564827) through the waterway remained ongoing despite the conflict. According to the US military, its forces have helped facilitate the transit of approximately 900 commercial vessels and 450 million barrels of crude oil through the strait since early May.\n\nThe US military also said its forces remain positioned to respond to what it described as Iranian aggression against civilian shipping, pledging to hold [Tehran](https://www.dw.com/en/tehran/t-40246359) accountable for attacks on vessels navigating the strategic waterway.\n\nCopy link\n\nShow more posts\n\n[Louis Oelofse](https://www.dw.com/en/louis-oelofse/person-60299656) DW editor and writer covering international politics with a focus on transnational security\n\n[Kieran Burke](https://www.dw.com/en/kieran-burke/person-58849898) News writer and editor focused on international relations, global security and law enforcement.\n\n[Ramisha Ali](https://www.dw.com/en/ramisha-ali/person-72123424) Multimedia journalist reporting on stories from around the world.\n\n[Zac Crellin](https://www.dw.com/en/zac-crellin/person-62773396) Journalist and editor based in Germany[zacrellin](https://twitter.com/zacrellin \"External link — twitter — zacrellin\")\n\nSend us your feedback\n\n## Your feedback\n\n## Similar stories\n\nConflicts 07/20/2026 July 20, 2026\n\nConflicts 07/18/2026 July 18, 2026\n\nConflicts 07/17/2026 July 17, 2026\n\n## More on Conflicts from Middle East\n\nConflicts 11 hours ago 11 hours ago 14:19 min\n\nConflicts 07/19/2026 July 19, 2026\n\n## Related topics\n\n# DW's Top Story\n\nConflicts 13 minutes ago 13 minutes ago\n\nConflicts 07/19/2026 July 19, 2026 02:28 min\n\nConflicts 07/16/2026 July 16, 2026 18:56 min\n\nPage 1 of 1\n\n# More stories from DW\n\n## Africa\n\nPolitics 5 hours ago 5 hours ago 12:20 min","source_name":"Deutsche Welle","source_url":"https://www.dw.com/en/trump-says-the-united-states-is-not-finished-with-iran/live-78042474?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/trump-says-the-united-states-is-not-finished-with-iran/live-78042474?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf","author":"Unknown Author","author_name":"Unknown Author","published_at":"2026-07-21T20:57:00.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-21T20:57:00.000Z","image_url":"https://static.dw.com/image/78059142_600.jpg","category":"world","topic":"world","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":12,"word_count":2219,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}