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Trump says he has a ‘big decision coming up’ on Iran

Trump is weighing renewed strikes as officials keep forces in the Middle East and press sanctions and blockade measures, according to U.S. officials.

  • On Thursday, President Donald Trump told Axios he is weighing whether to "annihilate" Iran, describing the moment as a "critical juncture" in determining whether to restart massive attacks.
  • Trump will meet Tuesday with leaders from six Gulf nations—Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman—at the UN General Assembly in New York to consult on next steps.
  • Escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia and continued Iranian strikes in the Strait of Hormuz persist, while Trump maintains a naval blockade, claiming "not one ship has gone to Iran since we started."
  • The administration is drafting a post-war containment strategy while navigating Israel's Oct. 27 election and U.S. midterms on Nov. 3; Trump said he "may" meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week.
  • Over the weekend, Trump told reporters the war will end "very soon," likely after the midterms, claiming Iran was "two weeks away" from acquiring a nuclear weapon and predicting oil prices will "come tumbling down.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said that he was about to decide whether to resume massive attacks on Iran in order to end the conflict. "I have an important solution on the way. Do I want to go and destroy them [the Iranian regime] or not? This is a big decision," said Donald Trump in an interview with Axios. The question of further action in the war with Iran Trump plans to discuss with the leaders of six Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, …

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Redacción Internacional, 18 Sep (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump is approaching a decisive moment in the war with Iran and still does not know whether or not to resume the massive attacks to try to end the conflict or end the regime of the Ayatollás, as he declared to the media Axios. "I have to take [...] The Trump entry still does not know what to do with Iran: "Do I want to annihilate them or not?", says in an interview it was first publis…

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A meeting between the American president and several golf leaders scheduled for next week can set the next step in the war, writes the American press. President Donald Trump said Thursday for the American website Axios that he is on the threshold of a critical moment in the war with Iran, being forced to decide whether to resume attacks on Iran...

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Corriere Della Sera broke the news in Milan, Italy on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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