US President Donald Trump gave signals Saturday that a decision could be made concerning the possible resumption of military operations against Iran.
I have a decision to make regarding Iran, Trump told reporters as he left the White House for an electoral tour in support of republican candidates for the mid-election elections in Ohio.
Iran is destroyed. So the only question is, will it be solved in the easy way or the hard way? It’s going either the easy way or the hard way, the American president was quoted as saying.
Trump added that Iran is giving up on any plans to secure nuclear weapons.
On Friday, Portal Axios reported that Trump’s main advisers for national security met secretly in Camp David to discuss US options concerning Iran and the Saudi-houte conflict in Yemen.
Iran is preparing a broader and more powerful response if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources told Reuters as diplomatic efforts continue, which Iranian officials privately consider unsuccessful.
Planning reflects the conviction within the Iranian leadership that any new American campaign must face a stronger response than before, even though Tehran seeks to avoid escalation through negotiations.
The top commanders are looking into plans to expand possible targets by switching from US-related assets to countries supporting American military operations and perhaps even to locations outside the Middle East dealt with three senior Iranian officials and an internal source known to the discussions.
These discussions follow seven months of conflict that began with the US-American attacks on February 28th.
Even though an April 8th truce ended the 40-day war, hostilities have continued in a formalistic way ever since
