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US Officials: Trump to Decide on Expanding Iran Operations in Days

On July 21, according to Fox News, senior US officials said that President Donald Trump is expected to decide within the next few days whether to expand military operations against Iran and resume full-scale combat. These officials emphasized that no final decision has been made yet. They stated that if Trump orders a resumption of full-scale military action, its scale and intensity would 'far exceed' the nine-night US airstrike campaign that began on July 7; the previous airstrikes mainly targeted Iranian military assets related to operations around the Strait of Hormuz. One official also confirmed that US forces had largely avoided striking targets near Tehran or Iran's nuclear facilities. 'That could change if full combat operations resume,' the official said. (Jin Shi)

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