US President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he had approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, people familiar with the deliberations said, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Asked if he had decided whether to strike at Iran's nuclear facilities, Trump said, "I may do it, I may not do it." And he repeated his insistence of Iran's unconditional surrender: "The next week is going to be very big, maybe less than a week."
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier said his country wouldn't surrender and warned any US military intervention would bring irreparable consequences.
The US military has built up forces in the Middle East in recent days. A third US Navy destroyer entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea and a second US carrier strike group is heading toward the Arabian Sea, WSJ reported.
Senior US officials are preparing for the possibility of a strike on Iran in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, according to Bloomberg.
The situation is still evolving and could change, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss private talks. Some of the people pointed to potential plans for a weekend strike. Top leaders at a handful of federal agencies have also begun getting ready for an attack, one person said.
Global Times
Asked if he had decided whether to strike at Iran's nuclear facilities, Trump said, "I may do it, I may not do it." And he repeated his insistence of Iran's unconditional surrender: "The next week is going to be very big, maybe less than a week."
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier said his country wouldn't surrender and warned any US military intervention would bring irreparable consequences.
The US military has built up forces in the Middle East in recent days. A third US Navy destroyer entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea and a second US carrier strike group is heading toward the Arabian Sea, WSJ reported.
Senior US officials are preparing for the possibility of a strike on Iran in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, according to Bloomberg.
The situation is still evolving and could change, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss private talks. Some of the people pointed to potential plans for a weekend strike. Top leaders at a handful of federal agencies have also begun getting ready for an attack, one person said.
Global Times
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