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Top / Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Hindustan Times

US hits Iran's Bushehr, Tabriz; Trump says strikes 'not finished', brent crude at a high: 10 updates

US President Donald Trump claimed he would target Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified underground nuclear site near Natanz, next. Iran targeted US allies and Lebanon's Houthis threatened Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports. Explosions in Mahshahr in Khuzestan province and Tabriz in East Azerbaijan province were also reported in Iran. Trump said the US was "not finished" attacking Iran. The US President also claimed that the area around Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified underground nuclear site near Natanz, could be targeted next.

The United States carried out its 11th consecutive night of airstrikes on Iran early Wednesday, with President Donald Trump declaring earlier that Washington was "not finished" with Tehran and that more strikes were imminent. US President Donald Trump claimed he would target Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified underground nuclear site near Natanz, next. (Bloomberg) The US-Iran war has spread across the Gulf. Iran targeted US allies and Lebanon's Houthis threatened Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports. Fresh disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz have pushed oil prices to their highest levels in over a month. US-Iran strikes: Top 10 developments 1. The US military, on its 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, targeted infrastructure including command centres, aircraft hangars, drone storage sites, missile launch facilities and air defence systems, AFP reported. 2. Air defences were activated around Tehran as US warplanes launched missiles across the country, Iranian state television said. The bombs hit Bushehr and the Chavar and Abdanan regions of Ilam province. The governor of Abdanan confirmed that the Dinarkoh area had been targeted.

An "enemy attack" outside Baneh in Kurdistan province was also reported by IRIB. Officials in Hamadan province said Kabudar Ahang County came under continued US attacks. Explosions in Mahshahr in Khuzestan province and Tabriz in East Azerbaijan province were also reported in Iran. 3. Trump said the US was "not finished" attacking Iran. "If we left right now, it would take Iran 20, 25 years to rebuild," he said. “We're not finished at all...we're not leaving right now,” he said, as per AFP. The US President also claimed that the area around Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified underground nuclear site near Natanz, could be targeted next. “We'll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily,” Trump said, adding that he would not normally announce targets but “there's not a thing they can do about it.” ALSO READ | Trump threatens strike in Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, says the US is ‘not finished at all’

A satellite view of an entrance to the Pickaxe Mountain tunnels in Iran.

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