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US planning ‘tactical assault’ on Iran nuclear site to reciprocate ‘tanker attack’: Report

UN sources reveal that the United States is planning to carry out a “tactical assault” on an Iranian nuclear facility in response to recent attacks on two tankers in the Sea of Oman, which Washington and some of its allies blamed on Tehran without providing any credible evidence.

Diplomatic sources at the United Nations headquarters in New York told the Hebrew-language Israeli newspaper Maariv that they are weighing the United States’ plans to conduct the assault.

According to the officials, the White House has been holding incessant discussions involving senior military commanders, Pentagon representatives and advisers to US President Donald Trump since Friday, the Jerusalem Post reported.

It quoted the officials as saying that the US military action would probably include an aerial bombardment of an Iranian facility linked to its nuclear program.

“The bombing will be massive but will be limited to a specific target,” a Western diplomat said.

According to the sources, Trump himself was not enthusiastic about a military strike against Iran, but had lost his patience on the issue and yielded to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s pressure, who has been pushing for a military attack.

Pompeo is scheduled to visit US Central Command at the MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday to discuss “regional security concerns and ongoing operations.”

One Japanese-owned and one Norwegian-owned tanker were struck by explosions near the strategic Strait of Hormuz on June 13. Tokyo said both vessels were carrying “Japanese-related” cargo.

The attacks took place just as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan was meeting with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran.

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