Trump to Decide on Possible Iran Attack Within Two Weeks

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, will "within two weeks" make a decision on whether the USA will attack Iran, he states in a statement via his press secretary Karoline Leavitt. At the same time, the attacks between Israel and Iran continue. On Thursday, an Iranian rocket hit a hospital in southern Israel with major damage as a result.

» Published: June 19 2025

Trump to Decide on Possible Iran Attack Within Two Weeks
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Trump refers the message to the fact that there is a chance for negotiations with Iran and that he will make his decision based on what happens on that front.

When the war broke out on Friday night, Iran and the US had been in negotiations about a new nuclear energy agreement for several weeks.

The talks between the US and Iran have continued, according to Karoline Leavitt, who says that a new agreement with Iran must include requirements that the country is not allowed to have any uranium enrichment. According to the White House, an Iranian atomic bomb is only "a few weeks away".

Iran has everything they need to manufacture nuclear weapons. All they need is a decision from the supreme leader, says Karoline Leavitt.

The message from Trump comes on Thursday, the seventh day in a row with continued attacks between Iran and Israel. On the same day, the Israeli military has been ordered to intensify the attacks on Iran, announces the country's defense minister.

Aim to "remove the threats"

The purpose is stated to be to "remove the threats to the state of Israel and undermine the ayatollah's regime". To reporters in Holon, where several people were injured in the morning's Iranian attack, Katz says that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei can no longer be "allowed to exist".

On Thursday afternoon, Israel has carried out a wave of attacks on targets in western Iran, writes Israeli media. According to the military, the attacks were directed against Iranian forces and infrastructure for rocket launching.

The attack occurs after, among other things, the Soroka hospital in the Israeli city of Beer Sheva was attacked in the morning's Iranian rocket wave.

According to Israel's health department, a total of over 270 people have been injured in the country, most of them lightly. Four people are reported to have serious injuries.

Over 600 dead

Earlier the same morning, several Israeli attacks occurred, including against a nuclear facility in Khondab called Arak.

There, Iran has previously built parts of a research reactor for heavy water, which can be used for both nuclear power and atomic bombs. The UN's atomic energy agency IAEA confirms that a reactor under construction was hit in Israel's attack.

The US-based human rights group HRA, which has long followed the development in Iran, reports that at least 639 people have been killed and over 1,300 injured since Friday. 263 of the dead have been identified as civilians.

In Israel, several dozen people have lost their lives since the country started the war against Iran last week.

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