{"id":1450198,"date":"2026-10-08T11:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-us-is-preparing-for-a-new-major-military-operation-against-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:58:44","slug":"the-us-is-preparing-for-a-new-major-military-operation-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-us-is-preparing-for-a-new-major-military-operation-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"The US is preparing for a new major military operation against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered Central Command to complete preparations for a possible resumption of large-scale combat operations against Iran. President Donald Trump has not yet made a final decision on new strikes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/10\/07\/trump-us-central-command-iran-israel-war-elections\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> Axios, citing American officials.<\/p>\n<p> According to the publication, the Pentagon directive does not contain a specific date for the start of the operation. The military was ordered to be prepared for various scenarios in the event of the White House&#8217;s decision to escalate again.<\/p>\n<p> Axios notes that in the event of a resumption of large-scale hostilities, the United States could launch massive strikes on <strong>nuclear facilities, energy infrastructure, and other strategic targets in Iran<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p> Trump also spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 7. It was their second conversation in as many days amid rising tensions over Iran.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the publication&#8217;s sources emphasize that a decision on a new military operation has not yet been made. Further actions will depend on Trump&#8217;s decision and the development of the situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that in late August, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ssha-ta-iran-pislia-misiatsia-perervy-obminialysia-udaramy-shcho-vidomo-pro-naslidky\">the United States and Iran exchanged blows again after a month-long break<\/a> . The American military attacked Iranian launchers, after which Tehran announced strikes on American air bases.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, on September 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ssha-zavdaly-udariv-odrazu-po-trokh-iranskykh-tankerakh\">, the US struck three Iranian tankers at once<\/a> after they launched missiles at American ships.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered Central Command to complete preparations for a possible resumption of large-scale combat operations against Iran. President Donald Trump has not yet made a final decision on new strikes. This is reported by Axios, citing American officials. According to the publication, the Pentagon directive does not contain a specific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1212081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1450198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}