US President Donald Trump held a National Security Council meeting on the war between Israel and Iran. However, nothing is known about the decisions taken at the meeting.
No decision has been made yet
The White House has not made any relevant announcements, and officials have not made any statements. The US media is full of speculation. According to The Wall Street Journal, the closed-door meeting at the White House ended without any decisions being made.
CBS reports that Trump is considering strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. However, there is no consensus among his closest advisers on this idea. ABC News reports that a decision on US involvement in the war could be made in the next 24 to 48 hours.
On Tuesday, Trump said he had no plans to eliminate Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but that he knew his location and demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”
Israel seeks to draw US into conflict
Israel is likely to wage a war of attrition for at least a week if it has the resources. The natural result of these considerations was the Israeli leadership’s desire to draw the US, which is trying to avoid it, into the conflict.
Meanwhile, former head of the British intelligence service MI6 John Sawers said in an interview with the BBC that Israel did not attack some of Iran’s most important nuclear facilities because it does not have the military capability to strike deep underground.
“Only the Americans have that capability,” Sawers stressed. In his opinion, Washington faces a dilemma: “whether to join the Israelis and finish the job” or try to find a diplomatic solution. The former head of MI6 believes that Israel’s goal is to “drag the Americans into the conflict” so that the power of the United States can be used to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Crossfire continues
Last night, Iran and Israel exchanged a series of missile strikes. The IDF reported strikes on Tehran and confirmed information about 15 strikes from Iran.
The night before, the Iranian command announced that it was preparing a massive strike on targets in Israel.
State television broadcast a message saying, “The night we will never forget,” and urged viewers to stay tuned for updates.
Not just a coincidence
The first missiles flew over the country almost simultaneously with the launch of a new railway route from China to Iran. The first train from Xi’an arrived at the Iranian logistics hub Aprin on May 25, 2025. This route had been agreed and built since 2021, immediately after Iran and China signed a strategic agreement worth around $400 billion as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
The essence of the project is simple: industrial goods from China now go directly to Iran by land, bypassing all US zones of influence, military bases and sanctions control. Iran is not just receiving supplies — it is gaining the role of a key transit hub connecting:
- to the south — the North-South corridor through Russia, the Caspian Sea and India,
- to the west — land access to Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the Mediterranean,
- to the east — direct access to Chinese supply chains.
In addition, the land route erodes the monopoly of maritime traffic, especially when the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal are controlled by either American or pro-American structures.
Iran has gradually broken out of its logistical isolation, becoming a link between China, Russia, India and the Middle East. All this is a geo-economic threat that the US and its allies understand perfectly well. It is therefore not surprising that, at the same time as Iran’s real integration into trans-Asian logistics is beginning, attempts to systematically destroy it are also underway.
The issue is not just about the nuclear programme. The issue is to prevent Iran from becoming a logistics hub in the new Eurasian architecture and from gaining enough strength.
American ships have entered the Persian Gulf
US ships have entered the Persian Gulf from Bahrain, according to Israel’s Channel 9. According to the source, all US military ships have left the naval base in Bahrain. The pier is now empty, the fleet has left for the Persian Gulf. It is 200-250 km south of Iran, almost at the front line. The base has destroyers with Tomahawks, frigates, air defence ships, minesweepers, logistics and allies (Britain, France, Australia).
American troops at military bases across the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, have been placed on high alert, according to The New York Times.
In total, more than 40,000 US troops are stationed in the region.
American officials familiar with intelligence reports told the newspaper that Iran is preparing to launch missile strikes on US bases if the United States joins Israel’s operation against Iran.
According to two Iranian sources, bases in Iraq will be the primary targets. The US believes that pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria may join the attacks.
