U.S. officials: Trump convenes top leaders to assess re-initiating military action against Iran

Golden Finance reports that on May 12, according to Axios, three U.S. officials said that after negotiations with Iran hit a stalemate on Sunday, Trump met with the national security team on Monday to discuss the next steps in the Iran war, which may include resuming military actions. The U.S. officials said Trump wants to reach an agreement to end the war, but Iran rejected many of his demands and refused to make meaningful concessions on the nuclear program, which has brought military options back onto the agenda. Trump has recently repeatedly publicly threatened that if diplomatic channels fail, he will bomb Iran’s infrastructure. The officials said one option is to strike 25% of targets that the U.S. military has identified but has not yet hit. The U.S. officials said Vice President Vance, U.S. special envoy Wittekov, Secretary of State Rubio, Defense Secretary Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kain, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and other senior officials are expected to attend a meeting on the issue of Iran.