New major airstrike on the cards for Trump against Iran

US President Donald Trump is considering a new major airstrike on Iran following the failure in the preliminary discussion to limit Iran’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production.

Weeks ago Trump considered military action in response to the nationwide protests in Iran.

Trump on Wednesday posted on Truth Social demanding that Iran come to the table to negotiate “a fair and equitable deal – NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.”

He warned the next US attack on the country “will be far worse” than the one it carried out last summer, when the US military attacked three of Iran’s nuclear sites.

Trump is now considering include US military airstrikes aimed at Iran’s leaders and the security officials believed to be responsible for the killings, as well as strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and government institutions, the sources said.

Though he hasn’t finalised a decision, Trump believes his military option has expanded since the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is moving closer to Iran where it is poised to support any US operations on Iran, reported CNN.

Amid the threats of military action, the US has also demanded preconditions for a meeting with Iranian officials, the sources said, including a permanent end to uranium enrichment central to Iran’s nuclear program, new curbs on Iran’s ballistic missile program and halting all support for Iranian proxies in the region.

The biggest sticking point, sources said, has been the US demand that Iran agree to put limits on the range of its ballistic missiles — an acute concern for Israel, which expended much of its missile interceptor stockpile shooting down Iranian ballistic missiles during last June’s 12-day war.

Iran is only open to discuss its nuclear program. The US has not replied, leaving both sides at a dead end, the sources said.