Washington, July 21 -- President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Tehran on Tuesday, declaring that the United States will hit "very, very powerfully" any site where Iran is even considering reconstituting nuclear capabilities, while re-claiming that the regime "desperately" wants dialogue as it gets "decimated."

Speaking during a bilateral meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Oval Office, Trump pushed back against reporters' assertions that Tehran shows no sign of stopping hostilities, claiming intense activity behind closed doors.

"You don't know what the dialogue is behind the scenes, that they want to meet desperately, to try and end it because they're getting decimated. You don't get that when you listen to your...