- Trump
weighs airstrikes on Iran. - Option
“on the table” per White House. - Follows
deadly anti-government protests.
Human rights organizations have condemned Iran’s protests,
which are now in their third week and have claimed hundreds of lives.
“One thing President Trump is very good at is always
keeping all of his options on the table,”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Jan.
12.
“And airstrikes would be one of the many, many
options that are on the table for the commander-in-chief. Diplomacy is always
the first option for the president.”
Leavitt added:
“The president has shown he’s unafraid to use
military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better
than Iran.”
In light of the bloodshed in Iran, Trump informed reporters
on January 11 that he is considering possible military options.
“The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at
some very strong options. We’ll make a determination,”
he said.
Trump has already stated
that if Iranian officials target nonviolent demonstrators, the US will step in.
What are the likely military targets in Iran for US
airstrikes?
President Trump’s consideration of airstrikes against Iran
amid ongoing deadly demurrers focuses on high- value governance means that
suppress dissent and hang indigenous stability, drawing from 2025 strike
precedents.
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant( Qom) buried 300 bases
underground remains precedence after partial 2025 damage, causing advanced IR-
9 centrifuges producing 60 fortified uranium. Natanz( central Iran) stores
thousands of IR- 6 centrifuges vulnerable to B- 2 cellarage- busters, while
Isfahan’s uranium conversion installation feeds both spots, all preliminarily
hit in June” Midnight Hammer” operations.
Esfahan Province hosts the 8th Tactical Airbase( F- 14s) and
bullet storehouse/ launch spots struck by Israel June 2025, with U.S. strikes
likely expanding to Tabriz and Semnan launchers hanging Israel and Gulf
abettors . Shahroud and Parchin bullet complexes enable rapid-fire drumfires,
targeted to degrade Iran’s 3,000 ballistic magazines.
