Trump Weighing Options for Expanding Military Operations in Iran: Report
Trump is weighing strikes on Iran’s oil hub and underground sites as daily attacks seek to curb shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Donald Trump is weighing an operation to take Kharg Island, a critical Iranian export hub, and to bomb underground complexes at Pickaxe Mountain believed connected to Iran's nuclear program.
- Over the past five days, the U.S. has carried out daily strikes on Iranian positions along the Strait of Hormuz, including Wednesday on Greater Tunb Island, which served as an Iranian military base.
- Speaking in a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said the war will not be won through military force alone. "So youve got to actually be willing to talk and to try to figure out the problem," he said.
- "Well find out whether or not we settle with them, or we just finish it off," Trump said Wednesday at a defense industry event in Pennsylvania, marking a shift from his claim a week ago that talks were a "waste of time."
- Trump has grown frustrated that Iran is not capitulating on his nuclear red lines and continues to restrict traffic through the Strait, according to officials. He suggested a ground operation to take Kharg may fall to another country.
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Donald Trump is running out of options
Serious hostilities between the US and Iran have resumed. On July 8, Donald Trump said that the ceasefire agreed by the two countries in June was “over”. Since then, he has ordered the US military to carry out intensive airstrikes on Iran and has reimposed an economic blockade of the country.The US president has also begun to recycle threats he made earlier in the war. These include striking civilian targets and seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, whic…
The tensions between the United States and Iran are not getting worse. Donald Trump could record the sending of troops to the ground. Our correspondent in Washington is taking stock. - "Donald Trump is increasingly considering expanding military operations": towards sending troops to the ground in Iran? (International).
Trump Leans Towards Expanding US Military Operations in Iran - WSJUS President Trump, after briefing aides, is leaning towards expanding military action in Iran. Options are being considered, including airstrikes, seizing islands and bombing a nuclear facility.
US President Donald Trump is moving to expand US military operations in Iran after days of briefings from his top advisers, US officials said. Options include stepping up air strikes, sending ground forces to occupy Iranian islands near the Strait of Hormuz and bombing a fortified base that could be used for secret nuclear activities, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Several media reported as in the viewfinder of US forces there would be the nuclear site of Pickaxe Mountain and the island of Kharg
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