A senior intelligence official told CBS that the president “held off from initiating strikes in case Iran agreed to abandon its nuclear programme.”
On Wednesday Trump met the media, making it clear he’s keeping everyone guessing: “I may do it, I may not do it.”

When pressed about Iran’s expected refusal of unconditional demands, Trump responded with a nonchalant: “Good luck.”

And then: “I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.”

He added: “Unconditional surrender – that means I’ve had it.”

Just hours earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded to Trump’s demands.

He warned “any US military intervention” would be costly and declared: “The Iranian nation will not surrender.”
Tehran’s UN delegation also took to X to mock Trump: “Iran does NOT negotiate under duress… No Iranian official has