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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/us/politics/trump-iran-strike-attack.html
Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran
(New York Times) Julian E. Barnes - President Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted U.S. attack does not lead Iran to give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program, he will consider a much bigger attack in coming months, people briefed on internal administration deliberations said. Trump has been leaning toward conducting an initial strike in coming days intended to demonstrate to Iran's leaders that they must be willing to agree to give up the ability to make a nuclear weapon. Should those steps fail to convince Tehran to meet his demands, Trump told advisers, he would leave open the possibility of a military assault later this year intended to help topple Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader.