ALBAWABA - John Kiriakou, an American journalist and whistleblower, said that a former CIA officer told him that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to launch an attack on Iran on Monday or Tuesday.
Kiriakou said that his friend, who is a CIA officer, was at the White House on Friday morning and told him, "A decision has been made to attack Iran on Monday or Tuesday." He continued that Trump gave Tehran 10 days to accept the U.S. proposal to end their missile program and uranium enrichment program, in addition to ending Iran's support to groups in the Middle East, like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
Kiriakou, who's also a former high-ranking CIA officer, also revealed that Trump might give Iran 10 days more or less and then launch a surprise attack.
John Kiriakou quoted the source as saying that Vice President J.D. Vance and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are the only dissenting voices to launch an attack on Iran, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have shown their full support for the decision.
On the other hand, Axios reported, citing senior Trump advisers that the U.S. president has not yet made up his mind regarding launching strikes against Iran. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told the news agency on Saturday that several people around Trump are against bombing Tehran, but Graham confirmed that he is in favor of attacking Iran.
On Thursday, Trump said that he had given Iran a maximum of 15 days before Washington would take any action, warning of "bad things" if Iran did not reach an agreement on its nuclear program.
When reporters later pressed him for clarification, he added, "You'll probably find out in the next 10 days. I think that's enough time... 10 or 15 days maximum."
However, the US president did not specify a timeframe, merely reiterating his warning of "truly dire consequences" and emphasizing that "Iran will have to make a deal one way or another."
