US officials have alerted Gulf allies to a possible short, intense military campaign against Iran following the November 3 midterm elections. The US is reportedly stepping up military preparations in the Middle East while weighing renewed strikes to force Tehran back to the negotiating table.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that the US warned several Gulf Arab countries to prepare for a short but intense military campaign against Iran following the November 3 US midterm elections. The report stated that US President Donald Trump is leaning toward launching major strikes on Iran’s infrastructure and nuclear facilities, although no final decision has been made.

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The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Tuesday there has been no indication Iran has tried to repair or reconstruct its nuclear facilities damaged in U.S. and Israeli military strikes this year or last year. President Donald Trump has said one of the major reasons the U.

S. went to war with Iran on Feb. 28 was to deny Tehran the ability to develop nuclear weapons, even as he has insisted that strikes the U.S. carried out on Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025 “obliterated” the country’s atomic program.