Trump to Iran: For Each Hormuz Hit, We'll Level a Bridge, Power Plant

President Trump has warned Iran that the US will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The warning came after the US carried out another wave of strikes on Iran, where air defenses opened fire over the capital, Tehran, reports the AP. Iran launched a missile attack on a Jordanian city on Israel's doorstep, and alerts were issued in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. In his warning on social media, the president returned to earlier threats to target civilian infrastructure in retaliation for Iranian attacks:

• "From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT," Trump wrote on social media.

That wasn't the only threat Trump has lobbed recently at Tehran. Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump gave a dim view on possible talks with Iran, saying the US had "no interest in meeting." He signaled that US forces would hit the deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site. "We'll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon," he said, per Axios. "There's not a thing they can do about it. You know, normally I wouldn't say that. If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that. But we'll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily."

The 11th night of American airstrikes on Iran came as diplomatic efforts have shown little public sign of progress. Officials on both sides have dug in on their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard insisted its retaliatory attacks would continue. At a regional summit in the Philippines, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Iran's actions in the strait, per the Hill. "If we create a precedent in the Middle East where a nation state can decide that they are going to control an international waterway, charge a toll and if you don't pay them, blow up your ships, we have created a very dangerous precedent which will repeat itself in other parts of the world, including in this region," he said.