{"id":321592,"date":"2026-01-14T09:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=321592"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:42:20","slug":"white-house-us-airstrikes-against-iran-are-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=321592","title":{"rendered":"White House: US Airstrikes Against Iran Are \u2018On the Table\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave DeCamp \u2013 AntiWar.com Jan 12, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The White House said on Monday<\/a> that US airstrikes against Iran are \u201con the table\u201d as President Trump has continued his threats to bomb the Islamic Republic amid protests in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing President Trump is very good at is always keeping all of his options on the table,\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. \u201cAnd airstrikes would be one of the many, many options that are on the table for the commander-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leavitt added that \u201cdiplomacy is always the first option for the president,\u201d though Trump backed an Israeli attack on Iran during the last round of nuclear negotiations back in June. \u201cThe president has shown he\u2019s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, Trump suggested Iran had reached out to discuss the possibility of holding negotiations and suggested he was open to diplomacy, but also said he was considering \u201cvery strong\u201d options. Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry said that the \u201ccommunication channel\u201d<\/a> between Trump\u2019s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi remains open.<\/p>\n

Axios<\/a><\/em> and The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em> both reported on Monday that Trump was leaning toward bombing Iran but was still exploring the possibility of negotiations. However, it\u2019s unclear what sort of diplomatic deal would satisfy Trump as he continues to shift the pretext for potentially launching another war.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Trump has threatened to bomb or support an Israeli attack<\/a> on Iran if it rebuilds its civilian nuclear program or \u201ccontinues\u201d its conventional missile program, and has repeatedly threatened to attack the country if Iranian authorities kill protesters. The Axios<\/em> report said that if Trump decides to bomb Iran, the strikes would likely target elements of Iran\u2019s government responsible for internal security.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s position is that it doesn\u2019t seek war with the US, but it\u2019s warning that it will strike back if Trump follows through on his threat. \u201cIf Washington wants to test the military option it has tested before, we are ready for it,\u201d Araghchi told Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/em> reported over the weekend<\/a> that amid the threats of US airstrikes on Iran, the US military has conveyed to President Trump that it needs time to position assets in the region to prepare for Iranian counterattacks, which would likely involve missile strikes on US bases.<\/p>\n

Iranian government sources have said more than 100 security personnel have been killed<\/a> in the ongoing protests, suggesting there have been significant attacks against Iran\u2019s security forces. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a US-based and US-funded NGO, has also reported 133 military and law enforcement deaths, among a total of 646 people it claims to have been killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trump is reportedly ‘leaning towards’ bombing Iran while considering diplomacy. However, before the bombing commences military commanders have warned Trump that more time is needed to prepare regional assets for expected Iranian counterattacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":175121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321593,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321592\/revisions\/321593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/175121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}