Hours ago, a U.S. official revealed that President Donald Trump requested options to attack Iran's main nuclear site last week, but eventually decided not to take the dramatic step.
The official said Trump made the request during a meeting on Thursday with his top national security aides, including Vice President Mike Pence, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The official confirmed a report of the meeting in The New York Times that said advisers had persuaded Trump not to go ahead with the strike due to the risk of a wider conflict.
"After Mr. Pompeo and General Milley described the potential risks of military escalation, officials left the meeting believing a missile attack inside Iran was off the table, according to administration officials with knowledge of the meeting," the newspaper report read.
"He asked for options. They gave him the scenarios and he decided in the end not to proceed," the official said.
His request for options came a day after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations showed that Tehran had completed the transfer of the first series of advanced centrifuges from an above ground facility at its main uranium enrichment site to an underground facility, in a new violation of its nuclear agreement with the powers. Major.
Hours later, Tehran warned U.S. of harsh retaliation if Washington ever thinks of attacking the Islamic Republic.
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