He told his associates that he approved plans for the attack of their Armed Forces in Iran, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said in her digital edition on Wednesday night (18/06), citing three sources information on the moves of the US President.
However, according to the report, the US president has not yet given the “definitive order” to proceed because he expects to see if the country will capitulate and abandon the nuclear power program – which is now expressly excluded by Tehran.
Iran’s Fordow enrichment installation is a potential US target, according to WSJ. It is an installation hidden under a mountain and is generally considered by military experts to be out of range, except for the most powerful weapons.
When asked earlier if he had decided whether to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Trump said, “Maybe I do it, maybe not.” And he reiterated his insistence on Iran’s non -negotiable tradition: “Next week will be great, maybe less than a week.”
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Hameni said earlier that his country would not surrender and warned that any US military intervention would have irreparable consequences.
It is noted that the US military has reinforced its forces in the Middle East in recent days. A third US Navy aircraft entered the Eastern Mediterranean and a second US aircraft carrier is heading to the Arab Sea.
While the Pentagon has stated that the gathering of military forces is purely defensive, they are weapons that the US may use in their quiver if Trump decides to join Israeli attacks on Iran. As the WSJ notes, the above move may also be a tactic to put pressure on Iran in order to deliver or make concessions.
