US President Donald Trump, who stayed in office for two months but eventually resigned, asked for an outline last week to clarify the possible forms of a strike against Iran’s most important nuclear facility, the Natanz Nuclear Center.
His request came from Trump at a meeting in the White House Oval Office last Thursday, attended by senior members of his government responsible for national security, including Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was recently appointed as Chief of Staff Christopher. The official said Miller, Chief of Staff, Commander General Mark Milley.
Reuters quoted an official who confirmed the news in the New York Times
His advisers convinced Trump not to initiate such a strike, as it carried the risks of a wider conflict.
“He asked them for possible versions. The scenarios were defined and ultimately decided not to break into them,” the official said. The White House declined to comment on the information.
During his four years in office, Trump
- He pursued an aggressive policy toward Iran all the time,
- In 2018, the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by its Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, among others,
- And economic sanctions have been imposed on Iran on a large scale.
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It reached a request for possible releases of the strike measurement one day after the International Atomic Energy Agency indicated in a confidential report that Iran had increased its stockpile of enriched uranium 12 times the amount permitted under the 2015 international agreement.
Iran began phasing out its obligations under the agreement in June last year after the US president unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal in May 2018.
In January of this year, Major General Qassem Suleiman, who commanded the Special Unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad, but the president was not involved in a broader military conflict as he sought to withdraw American forces. Soldiers throughout his rule … hot spots of war in the world and promised to end “never-ending wars.”
Reuters found that any potential military strike on Iran’s most important nuclear facility in Natanz could easily escalate into a regional conflict, creating a dangerous situation in the foreign policy of the next US president’s government.
