Israel issues evacuation warning for industrial town in northern Iran

US President Donald Trump has held off authorizing a strike on Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear site due to doubts over whether the US military’s GBU-57 bunker buster bomb could effectively destroy it, the Guardian reported, citing defense officials.

Though Trump was briefed that multiple GBU-57s could disable Fordow, he remains unconvinced and is reportedly weighing whether the threat alone could push Iran toward talks.

The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency warned that Fordow’s depth may make conventional strikes insufficient, and only a tactical nuclear weapon could fully destroy the facility – a step Trump is not considering.

Iranian state-affiliated media reported on Thursday that Tehran has issued a military threat and evacuation warning against Israel's Channel 14 television.

According to the statement, the outlet is expected to be targeted "in the coming days."

Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador in Tehran to protest Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s recent remarks praising Israel’s military action against Iran.

Mohsen Rezai, a former commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, said on Thursday that Tehran had been certain since March that a war was imminent.

"Our response must be deterrent. What has been done so far is not enough, and we will intensify the conflict day by day," Rezai said, according to local media.

He added that all enriched nuclear material had been relocated to secure sites.

US President Donald Trump is seriously considering American military involvement in the conflict with Iran, but has set three conditions for approving any strike, Axios reported, citing US officials.

According to the report, Trump seeks assurance that any strike is truly necessary, would avoid triggering a prolonged Middle East war, and would decisively dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.