Senior U.S. military officials warned key Middle East allies on Friday to prepare for a possible strike on Iran as multiple reports said Washington and Jerusalem now view military action as decided, with one source saying the only remaining question is timing, not whether an attack will occur. Senior U.S. military officials informed the leadership of a key U.S. ally in the Middle East that President Donald Trump could authorize strikes on Iran as early as this weekend, and the ally was told operations could begin as soon as Sunday if Washington moves forward.
U.S. war planners are considering attacks not only on Iran’s nuclear, ballistic-missile, and conventional military infrastructure, but also strikes aimed at senior leadership — particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — as part of a broader effort to weaken or collapse the regime. Decision-making circles in Washington and Tel Aviv have moved past diplomacy and now view military action as effectively inevitable. Military action against Iran is no longer a matter of if but when, and with U.S. forces visibly positioned, regional allies warned, and diplomatic off-ramps narrowing, the Trump administration appears to be approaching a decisive inflection point.
