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Trump Weighs Wider Iran Strikes After Situation Room Meeting
Trump convened a Situation Room meeting to discuss wider Iran strikes as tensions escalate. Iran says at least 30 killed in US strikes since last week.
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President Donald Trump convened a Situation Room meeting Tuesday to discuss a broader military offensive against Iran that would extend beyond the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported, citing three sources familiar with the discussions.
Trump appears willing to escalate the conflict enough to force Tehran to reopen the strait and accept US demands on its nuclear programme, the report said.
The meeting included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and special envoy Steve Witkoff, according to Axios.
The session came as the US military carried out a fourth consecutive day of strikes against Iranian air defense systems, radar installations, anti-ship missile positions, and drone launch sites. CENTCOM said the operations targeted Iranian capabilities used to threaten commercial shipping in the Gulf. Iranian state media reported explosions near Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Bandar Imam Khomeini, and Bushehr, home to Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant.