“Trump wants to avoid a protracted war with Iran and is considering heavy airstrikes to pressure Tehran.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images Source: The Wall Street Journal with reference to American officials
Literally from the article: “Trump asked his aides to prepare options for quick and decisive attacks that would not lead to a prolonged war in the Middle East, officials said.
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The ideal option would be one (the plan, – ed.) that would deal such a strong blow to the regime that it would have no other choice but to agree to the US demands regarding the nuclear program and the release of dissidents, they said.
Details: According to a WSJ interlocutor, among the likely actions, Trump’s team is considering a series of “hard bombings” of Iranian regime and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets.
Another, less radical scenario involves strikes on symbolic targets, which would leave the possibility of further escalation in the event of Iran’s rejection of a deal that would suit Trump.
What preceded:
- The Iranian regime during brutal suppression of anti-government protests killed at least 16,500 people and injured more than 330,000. Mass murders take place in conditions of total shutdown of the Internet and telephone communication.
- January 11 Trump Iran publicly warnedthat the US would “step in” and help the protesters win their freedom if the ayatollah’s regime resorted to deadly violence against the demonstrators.
- On January 28, US President Donald Trump reported about the approach of a large-scale American fleet to the shores of Iran and called on Tehran to immediately sit down at the negotiating table to conclude a nuclear agreement, threatening a large-scale strike.
- The day before, it became known that the aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy is led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in the waters of the Indian Oceanentering the area of responsibility of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
- Earlier, the media reported that Trump had received numerous reports from American intelligence that the regime in Iran is in the weakest position since the 1979 revolution.
- The Institute of Science and International Security reported on January 29 that satellite images the beginning of Iran’s backfilling of the entrances to the tunnels at the nuclear facility in Isfahan was recorded, which indicates preparations for the bombings.
- According to the data The New York TimesDonald Trump was presented with a number of military scenarios that include strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the possible landing of special forces. The US president demands that Tehran sign a new nuclear deal, threatening an operation the scale of which will exceed “Northern hammer” in June 2025.