President Trump is considering fresh strikes on Iran after high-stakes peace talks with the regime failed — and as the US prepares to block the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to a report.
The president is mulling limited military strikes on the country, sources told the Wall Street Journal.
An all-out bombing campaign on Iran’s infrastructure is also on the table after negotiations with the Islamic Republic fell through in Pakistan on Sunday, the sources said, but is unlikely.
President Trump speaks to the media after disembarking from Air Force One on April 12, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Getty ImagesTrump, meanwhile, threatened again to target Iran’s infrastructure.
“I would hate to do it, but it’s their water, their desalinization plants, their electric-generating plants, which are very easy to hit,” the president told Fox News on Sunday.
A White House spokeswoman declined to discuss Trump’s specific plans as the blockade is set to go into effect at 10 a.m. ET.
“The President has already ordered a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, ending the Iranian extortion, and wisely keeps all additional options on the table,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told the Journal. “Anyone who is telling the Wall Street Journal that they know what President Trump will do next is purely speculating.”
A US Air Force handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs shows a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling a US Air Force F-35A Lightning II during Operation Epic Fury in the US Central Command area of responsibility on April 5, 2026. US AIR FORCE/AFP via Getty ImagesUS Central Command announced Sunday the US military would stop “all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports.”
The blockade will be enforced “impartially” against all nations, regardless of ships’ point of origin, officials said.
“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump declared on Truth Social Sunday.
US Central Command later confirmed it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the strait.
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, on April 12, 2026. REUTERSThe move came after officials from the US and Iran engaged in marathon 21-hour cease-fire talks in Pakistan, which ended Saturday without an agreement.
Vice President JD Vance said the talks stalled after Iran refused to accept American terms to halt its nuclear weapons program.
Iran demanded compensation for damage caused by the US-Israeli strikes and the release of Iran’s frozen assets.
Falon Wriede / NY Post DesignVance said Washington needs “an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard responded to Trump’s threat with its own promise of a “strong and forceful response” to military ships in the pivotal waterway and claimed that it would be considered a violation of the fragile cease-fire with the US.
“If you fight, we will fight,” Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who led Iran’s side in the talks, warned Trump in a statement.
With Post wires
