According to a report cited by Odaily and attributed to CCTV News, people on the U.S. side said President Donald Trump held off on expanding the scale of military strikes against Iran because Washington was concerned that a wider conflict could escalate and trigger a harsher Iranian response. The report also said such an escalation could further drain the Pentagon’s stockpile of air defense interceptors in the Middle East. Since the 7th of this month, the U.S. has carried out repeated strikes on Iran, saying the operations were in response to Iranian attacks on merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. After that, U.S. military bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates came under heavy Iranian attack. The report added that Trump said on the 23rd he was considering launching “a large-scale strike” on Iran, and was still weighing broader military action before a meeting on the 24th. After that meeting, he ordered the U.S. military not to launch a strike on Iran.
Odaily reported, citing CCTV News and information from the U.S. side, that President Donald Trump paused plans to expand the scale of military strikes against Iran because Washington was worried that the war could escalate, provoke a stronger Iranian response, and further deplete the Pentagon’s stockpile of air defense interceptors in the Middle East.
Since the 7th of this month, the United States has launched repeated military strikes on Iran, saying the operations were a response to Iranian attacks on merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Afterward, U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates were hit by heavy Iranian attacks.
According to the same U.S. account, Trump said on the 23rd that he was considering “a large-scale strike” on Iran. Before a meeting on the 24th, he was still weighing an expansion of U.S. military action. After the meeting that day, Trump ordered the U.S. military not to strike Iran.
The U.S. side said Trump has temporarily shelved a plan for a broader attack on Iran, suggesting that he was persuaded to some extent by military advisers. The report said a U.S. escalation against Iran could invite a stronger response and put more pressure on American air defense systems.
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