{"id":2306,"date":"2026-10-08T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:04:16","slug":"trump-weighs-strikes-on-iran-before-us-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2306","title":{"rendered":"Trump weighs strikes on Iran before US midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>US President Donald Trump is weighing renewed strikes on Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, while saying his special envoy Steve Witkoff is making progress in negotiations with Tehran and that he expects the war to end soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Atlantic<\/em> reported that the Trump administration was considering renewed military action before the vote, while Axios said the Pentagon had ordered preparations for possible major combat operations.<\/p>\n<p>The directive did not set a strike date, and Trump has made no final decision, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<p>Potential US-Israeli operations could involve extensive strikes on Iranian energy, infrastructure and nuclear targets, Axios reported, citing US and Israeli officials.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials said the chances of renewed combat before the elections remained low but could rise significantly afterwards, potentially triggering a major Iranian missile response against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, Trump said Witkoff was \u201cdoing very well\u201d in negotiations with Iran but indicated that reaching a deal was not his preferred option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s working on the Iran deal and doing very well,\u201d Trump said, adding that Tehran was willing to offer Washington \u201canything to stop\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also said Iran would \u201cnever have a nuclear weapon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump described Witkoff as a \u201cgreat negotiator\u201d and said he expected the conflict to end soon.<\/p>\n<p>The reports of possible renewed strikes come amid stalled implementation of a June memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, reached after mediation efforts by Pakistan and Qatar to halt hostilities and pave the way for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides have remained divided over security and navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Israel launched their war against Iran on February 28, prompting Iranian missile and drone attacks across the region and the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump is weighing renewed strikes on Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, while saying his special envoy Steve Witkoff is making progress in negotiations with Tehran and that he expects the war to end soon. The Atlantic reported that the Trump administration was considering renewed military action before the vote, while Axios said the Pentagon had ordered preparations for possible major combat operations. The directive did not set a strike date, and Trump has made no final decision, according to the reports. Potential US-Israeli operations could&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}