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Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran

by Ahmed Hassan - World News Editor

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An EA-18G Growler landing on the flight deck of‍ the USS‌ Abraham Lincoln in the Indian ⁣Ocean.AP

Trump has been demanding that Iran take further⁣ steps to⁤ end it’s push to build⁣ a nuclear weapon and halt its support for proxies that have long targeted ⁤Israel ‍and destabilised the Middle East.

he and his‌ top aides are weighing whether to make good on his threats of military action to achieve those goals and possibly bring about a change in government.

Trump is also partly motivated ⁤to strike iranian leaders as of their efforts ‌to try ‌to assassinate⁢ him. Federal prosecutors in New York‌ said‌ last year that Iranian plotters​ had⁢ discussed a plan ⁤to kill ‌Trump just before he was re-elected president.

Israel is pressing for a third option:​ it‍ wants the United States to⁤ join ⁢it in re-striking Iran’s ballistic missile program, which intelligence officials say Iran has largely rebuilt ⁣since Israel devastated the program in the ‌ 12-day war last June,the officials said.

rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani,the head of a ⁤newly created body that oversees⁣ military‍ operations⁣ in Iran,said on Wednesday that any ⁢strikes by the​ United States would be considered an ​act of war,and that Iran would respond forcefully and target Tel ⁣Aviv.

For‍ that reason, Israeli officials are deeply concerned about Iran’s missile program, which can reach civilian and military targets across​ Israel.

US officials emphasised that these and other options were still being refined and debated ‍among Trump’s inner ⁢circle of top aides, and ⁣that there was no consensus yet on the ultimate objective of ⁢any⁤ military‌ action.

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