US President Trump advised the National Security Council on Tuesday. As said from circles of the White House, the session took around an hour and twenty minutes, nothing became known to the content.
Trump had previously tightened his tone to the government in Tehran. In a number of messages on Truth, Trump wrote next to his call for surrender that the United States knew where Iran’s spiritual head Ayatollah Ali Chamenei hides – at least for the time being there is no intention to kill him. He also underlined that the airspace over the country is completely under control.
US Vice President JD Vance assisted Trump on Tuesday by threatening Tehran in online service X with “further measures” by the United States, “to end Iranian (uranium) enrichment”. Vance also wrote that Trump has previously shown “remarkable restraint” in focusing on the focus of the US military on the protection of soldiers and citizens.
The US armed forces are currently strengthening their presence in the region, including the aircraft carrier “USS Nimitz” on the way to the Middle East. US defense minister Pete Hegseth had only said that it was about strengthening the “defense position” of the United States in the region.
Trump had left the G7 summit in Canada prematurely on Monday and justified this with the conflict between Israel and Iran. There are “big things” that required his immediate return to Washington. Trump later said that he wanted “no ceasefire” between Israel and Iran; His goal is Tehran’s “complete task”.
According to experts, the United States could proceed with bunker -breaking bombs against underground nuclear facilities in Iran. It remains questionable whether President Trump is ready for this. Representatives of the US government explained that the situation changed “hourly” and was still in the river. Trump therefore keeps all the possibilities open.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) was cautious about possible US intervention on the edge of the G7 summit. If the Iranian government is ready to “return to the negotiating table”, no further “military interventions” would be necessary, Merz said in an interview with ZDF. Otherwise, “the full destruction of the Iranian nuclear weapons program may be on the agenda”.
Merz also paid tribute to Iran’s commitment to Iran: “This is the dirty work that Israel does for all of us,” he told ZDF. “We are also affected by this regime.”
The G7 heads of state and government called for a “de-escalation” in the Middle East on the first day of their summit. At the same time, the G7 summit participants of Israel “right” emphasized to defend themselves and protect its civilian population. The explanation also says: “We have always made it clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”
Western states and Israel accuse Iran of having driven up uranium enrichment to build an atomic bomb. Tehran rejects the goal of nuclear armament.
On Friday night, Israel had launched an unprecedented major attack on Iran, bombing nuclear facilities and military facilities in the country and killed numerous rank -high military. Iran reacted with rocket and drone attacks to goals in Israel.
Most recently, Israel announced the killing of the Iranian military commander. Ali Schadmani was “eliminated” in an air raid in Tehran, the army said on Tuesday. Just four days earlier, Israel Schadmani’s predecessor Gholam Ali Raschid killed.
In his part, Iran fired floors on Israel again on Tuesday. Explosions could be heard via Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in the South Israeli Dimona, where a nuclear power plant is located, shrill. At first there were no reports on impacts. Previously, the Israeli air defense had intercepted a number of rockets fired from Iran.
A total of at least 24 people have been killed in Israel by the Iranian attacks since Friday. According to the Iranian Ministry of Health, at least 224 people were killed in Iran on Sunday – the last figures published so far.
