Donald Trump has military plans on his desk to eliminate Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his son Mojtaba and other senior religious leaders of the Islamic Republic.
This is according to the Axios portal, citing sources close to the US administration. This extreme option has been presented to the President as part of a military strike for regime change, in case diplomacy ultimately fails.
The American president has hinted that he is tired of Tehran's games and could authorize an attack at any moment.
A sign of increasing possibilities for military attack are these 7 heavy transport aircraft of the US military, which have arrived at the Azores base in Portugal.
In parallel, the US is keeping a small window of negotiations open. The Trump administration is willing to accept a deal that would allow Iran to enrich uranium “symbolically,” but only if it can prove that it has no path to a nuclear bomb. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is rushing to finalize a package of proposals within 48 hours to avoid what he calls a “regional catastrophe.”
The situation remains extremely tense, as US military forces are rapidly increasing in the region.
The 15-day ultimatum that Trump imposed on Iran on Thursday to reach an agreement is in effect.
Otherwise, an American attack may be inevitable, while Tehran threatens that the conflict could take on major regional proportions.