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Trump Considers Military Strikes on Iran’s Leadership and Nuclear Sites Amid Diplomatic Stalemate: Report

Trump weighs strikes targeting Iran's leaders, missile and nuclear sites amid stalled talks and protests that have reportedly killed thousands, U.S. sources said.

  • On Jan 29, 2026, Reuters reported President Donald Trump is weighing strikes on Iran, including ballistic missiles and nuclear enrichment sites, as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrives in the Indian Ocean and Middle East.
  • After back-channel talks stalled over ballistic-missile limits, two U.S. sources said President Donald Trump sought to create conditions for "regime change" following this month's deadly crackdown.
  • HRANA reported 5,937 deaths amid the crackdown, including 214 security personnel, while official figures list 3,117; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps controls key security and economic levers.
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“If you sow winds, you will collect storms.” That admonition, printed in Persian and English, on a huge poster unveiled this Sunday in central Enqelab Square in Tehran, has several recipients. The bottom of the phrase is the image of an attacked aircraft carrier and with the bars of the United States flag painted with blood at sea. However, that poster not only appeals to Washington. The Islamic Republic of Iran also uses those gigantic panels t…

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President Donald Trump considers a major new attack on Iran after preliminary discussions between Washington and Tehran on limiting the country’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production failed to make progress, according to people familiar with the issue. It is a quick re-focus on the government’s publicly set targets for Iran and comes only weeks after Trump seriously considered a military action that he presented as possible aid for t…

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