Name: Trump weighs Iran strikes to inspire renewed protests, sources say
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Following a brutal crackdown by Iranian government forces on protesters.

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president Donald Trump is weighing options that include strikes on that country's leaders and security forces.

Two US Sources familiar with the discussion said Trump wanted to create conditions for regime change even as Israeli and Arab officials said air power alone would not topple Iran's clerical rulers.

department of Defense and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.

The Israeli prime minister's office declined to comment.

We have an armada, we have a massive fleet heading in that direction and maybe we won't have to use it.

aircraft carrier and supporting warships in the Middle east this week has expanded Trump's military options.

Trump repeatedly warned the US Might target Iran after protests erupted late last year.

A US Official said Trump has not made a final decision.

Reuters spoke to more than a dozen sources who requested anonymity for this account of the high stakes deliberations.

sources said discussions included options to hit commanders and institutions Washington holds responsible for the violence to give protesters the confidence that they could overrun government and security buildings.

Four Arab officials, three Western diplomats and a senior Western source said they were concerned that instead of bringing people onto the streets, US Strikes could weaken Iran's protest movement.

A senior Israeli official said Israel does not believe airstrikes alone can topple the Islamic Republic.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran was preparing itself for a military confrontation while at the same time making use of diplomatic channels.

But the official said Washington did not seem open to diplomacy.

Iran's supreme leader has blamed the US And Israel for the unrest and warned Iran will retaliate if attacked.

allies and hosts to major American bases, fear they would be the first targets for Iranian retaliation.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Egypt have lobbied Washington against a strike on Iran.

The United States may pull the trigger, one Arab source said, but

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