Trump orders new US strikes on Iran as soon as this weekend
What's new: The Wall Street Journal reported the planned attack was meant to pressure Tehran into surrendering.
President Donald Trump has ordered the US military to prepare a new attack on Iran that could come as soon as this weekend, according to a Wall Street Journal report cited by Bloomberg on Friday. The newspaper, citing unnamed US officials, said the strikes were intended to pressure Tehran into surrendering. The report points to a sharp escalation in the confrontation between Washington and Iran and follows a recent cluster of threats and military action tied to the same crisis. No further details on targets, timing or the scale of the operation were included in the report.