Trump resumes Iran port blockade and threatens strikes on energy targets

CAIRO/DUBAI/WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on July 14 reimposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and threatened to hit power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran resumes negotiations, in the latest US escalation of the conflict.The US also began a fresh round of strikes “to continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz”, the US military said.Tehran says it has again closed the strait after hostilities between Iran and the US reignited last week, fraying an already fragile truce reached in June after several months of fighting that has killed thousands.“I’ll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we’ll hit energy targets,” Trump told Fox News in an interview that aired on the night of July 14 on Special Report