{"id":4245,"date":"2026-07-15T21:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:39:06","slug":"trump-vows-to-defeat-iran-as-attacks-resume-and-blockade-diverts-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n

The U.S. military on Wednesday launched another wave of attacks against Iran and turned away ships evading its blockade as President Trump vowed to batter the Middle East country for days, promising that Tehran\u2019s defeat would come \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more On The Ground: Inside NATO\u2019s eastern flank as Russia\u2019s shadow war intensifies<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said crippling attacks could intensify in the coming week and that he might have to wipe out the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps the way he took on the Islamic State in his first term.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have Iran defeated soon. They\u2019ll be defeated soon,\u201d Mr. Trump said during a speech at the U.S. War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command said it struck new targets in Iran late Wednesday at Mr. Trump\u2019s direction, as part of the administration\u2019s bid to disrupt the regime\u2019s ability to target international vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

American forces also began blocking ships attempting to evade Mr. Trump\u2019s naval blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command said that during the first 17 hours of the blockade, it redirected two commercial vessels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. military remains vigilant and prepared to ensure full compliance,\u201d CENTCOM said on social media.<\/p>\n

The U.S. imposed an earlier naval blockade on Iran from April 13 to June 18. The military redirected 140 ships and disabled nine more during that time.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump reimposed the blockade on Tuesday amid U.S. frustrations with Iranian negotiators.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The economic pressure is intended to force Tehran to comply with U.S. demands to end the war and constrain the ruling regime\u2019s nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump says Tehran remains desperate to strike a deal because it cannot match American might.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to settle so badly. They don\u2019t like what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Mr. Trump said in Pennsylvania. \u201cWe\u2019ll find out whether or not we settle with them or if we just finish it off.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Wednesday that Iran has no immediate desire to hold talks with the U.S., according to the state-affiliated Islamic Republic News Agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now, we are focused on defense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said the Iranians continue to reach out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received a call just as we were coming here,\u201d Mr. Trump told Fox Business Network. \u201cThey want to meet. They always want to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both nations say the other side violated the terms of a mid-June memorandum of understanding that was supposed to set the stage for a final peace deal that would prevent Iran from getting a nuke.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way you can negotiate with these people is through strength, and the only strength is military strength,\u201d Mr. Trump told Fox News\u2019 Trey Yingst in a sit-down interview late Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said the U.S. degraded Iran\u2019s military and will continue to strike Iran through next week.<\/p>\n

Read more Left, right and nowhere to go: Both Republicans and Democrats abandoning the center<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNext week it gets really bad for them, because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges,\u201d the president said. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna knock out all their power plants. We\u2019re gonna knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump says his ultimate goal is to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

However, the conflict, now in its fifth month, is taking an economic toll. The price of Brent crude oil rose again to over $80 per barrel on Wednesday as turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz threatens supplies.<\/p>\n

Wall Street mostly shrugged off renewed violence in the Middle East, with stocks buoyed by strong performance from chipmakers and lighter-than-expected inflation reports this week.<\/p>\n

The average U.S. gas price rose Wednesday to $3.89, up 10 cents from a week ago, according to the AAA motor club. That\u2019s 31% higher than at the start of the war on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

Democrats are seizing on high prices before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hole Donald Trump keeps digging himself into in Iran has turned into a chasm,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Mr. Schumer said Democrats would continue to find ways to pump the brakes on Mr. Trump\u2019s war powers and ability to fund the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not act like a rubber stamp when our servicemen are in harm\u2019s way abroad and Americans are getting crushed financially and at the gas pump here at home,\u201d he said. \u201cNo way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overseas, the Iranian military on Wednesday continued its attacks against regional U.S. military targets, with Bahrain and Jordan both reporting new strikes from Iranian drones and missiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bahrain Defense Force said that its air defense system intercepted a barrage of Iranian drones and missiles on Wednesday. It said the strikes were targeting civilian sites.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bahrain\u2019s military reported no casualties but warned citizens to avoid approaching debris from intercepted missiles and drones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s military also said it targeted U.S. military installations in Jordan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Iranian state-controlled media, Iranian forces launched a wave of \u201csuicide drone strikes\u201d against the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, an installation used by the U.S. for F-18 operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jordan\u2019s military said its air defenses intercepted three ballistic missiles from Iran, resulting in no deaths, injuries or material damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command rejected Iranian claims that U.S. forces struck a wheat storage facility in Hoveyzeh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is FALSE,\u201d CENTCOM said on social media, adding it only targeted military sites. \u201cMeanwhile, Iran has targeted innocent civilians transiting the strait and in neighboring Gulf countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting across multiple U.S. states<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Kerry Picket contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. military on Wednesday launched another wave of attacks against Iran and turned away ships evading its blockade as President Trump vowed to batter the Middle East country for days, promising that Tehran’s defeat would come “soon.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,62],"tags":[14,17,85,446,420],"class_list":["post-4245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps","tag-islamic-state","tag-u-s-central-command"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships - Home Buyer Relocation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships - Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. military on Wednesday launched another wave of attacks against Iran and turned away ships evading its blockade as President Trump vowed to batter the Middle East country for days, promising that Tehran's defeat would come "soon."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T21:39:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"headline\":\"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-15T21:39:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245\"},\"wordCount\":971,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Donald Trump\",\"Iran\",\"Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\",\"Islamic State\",\"U.S. Central Command\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245\",\"name\":\"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships - Home Buyer Relocation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-15T21:39:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=4245#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Buyer Relocation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships - Home Buyer Relocation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships - Home Buyer Relocation","og_description":"The U.S. military on Wednesday launched another wave of attacks against Iran and turned away ships evading its blockade as President Trump vowed to batter the Middle East country for days, promising that Tehran's defeat would come \"soon.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245","og_site_name":"Home Buyer Relocation","article_published_time":"2026-07-15T21:39:06+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"headline":"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships","datePublished":"2026-07-15T21:39:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245"},"wordCount":971,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg","keywords":["Donald Trump","Iran","Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps","Islamic State","U.S. Central Command"],"articleSection":["News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245","name":"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships - Home Buyer Relocation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-15T21:39:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/287a1f090aa9dc0f71a7084846bac685.jpg","width":1200,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4245#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump vows to defeat Iran as attacks resume and blockade diverts ships"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/","name":"Home Buyer Relocation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com"],"url":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}