Trump says U.S. will strike Iran “very hard” amid stalled negotiations and helicopter downing

Trump says US will strike Iran 'very hard' if no nuclear deal is reached US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington will resume bombing Iran "very hard" if no nuclear deal is reached. "We're going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard," Trump told reporters, citing Iran's downing of an American Apache helicopter. He also revealed for the first time that the US has been seizing millions of barrels of Iranian oil nightly. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States will resume bombing Iran "very hard" if no nuclear deal is reached, and revealed for the first time that the US has been seizing millions of barrels of Iranian oil nightly. "We're going to be attacking them and… pic.twitter.com/lMMPrXXFmg — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) June 10, 2026

WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday renewed attacks against Iran, with President Donald Trump vowing to “hit them hard” after negotiations on ending the more than three-month war floundered. US forces “began launching additional self-defense strikes … against multiple targets in Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression,” US Central Command announced. Iranian media reported explosions in the country’s south near the Strait of Hormuz. The second day in a row of US attacks followed Trump’s complaint that Tehran’s negotiators were “playing us for suckers.” “We hit them […]...Keep on reading: US renews attacks on Iran, vows to hit 'hard'

"We're going to hit them again hard today," President Donald Trump said.

US President Donald Trump said US forces would attack Iran again "very hard." The statement came after hostilities escalated between US and Iranian forces. Follow DW for more.

President Donald Trump answers reporter questions from the Oval Office ahead of signing The Secure America Act. (Source: Bloomberg)

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to bomb Iran again after the United States reportedly hit two water facilities in the country that served 20,000 people.“We hit ’em hard yesterday. We’re gonna hit ’em again hard today, in case you don’t turn on your television set,” Trump said in the Oval Office while signing a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement. “And we’ll see what happens with a deal. We were really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along, they keep playing us for suckers.”The U.S. launched military strikes on Iran Tuesday—just one day after Iran shot down a U.S. helicopter—further fraying the ceasefire. Iranian state media reported Wednesday that among the targeted facilities were two large water reservoirs in Hormozgan, on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz. The attack threatens to plunge thousands of Iranian civilians into a water deficit as the hottest months in the region approach. This is yet another attack on civilian infrastructure in Iran that serves to collectively punish civilians and risks worsening their already war-torn conditions.“In a region already facing extreme heat, chronic water scarcity, and a rapidly warming climate, the loss of drinking-water infrastructure is more than physical damage,” Iranian environmental expert and Virginia Tech geophysicist Manoochehr Shirzaei told The New York Times. “It threatens the health, resilience, and daily survival of entire communities.”Nearly 2,000 civilians have been killed in Iran since Trump started the war, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.