According to the report, Trump’s senior advisers have drawn up plans for renewed military strikes if he decides to try to break the stalemate through additional bombing, though he has not yet made a decision on the next steps. Shortly before leaving Beijing on Friday, Trump said Iran’s latest peace proposal was unacceptable and dismissed it outright. Trump said he discussed Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is a strategic partner of Tehran and depends on oil and gas transported through the Strait of Hormuz. However, he said he did not ask Xi to pressure Iran, and the full details of their talks have not been disclosed. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is preparing for the possibility that Operation Epic Fury could resume in the coming days. If Trump decides to renew the strikes, options include more aggressive bombing sorties against Iranian military target…

Several hundred special operations troops arrived in the Middle East in March as part of a deployment intended to give Trump that option, they said, including forces that could be used against highly enriched uranium in Isfahan. However, they stressed that such an operation would also require thousands of support troops, who could become drawn into fighting with Iranian forces. Military officials acknowledged to The New York Times that the option carries a “high risk of casualties. ” Iranian officials have also said they are preparing for renewed fighting. “Our armed forces are ready to deliver an appropriate response to any aggression. Wrong strategies and wrong decisions always lead to wrong results,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on social media Monday. “The whole world already understands this. We are prepared for all possibilities. The…