US President Donald Trump is now “more seriously considering a resumption of major combat operations in Iran,” CNN reported overnight Monday, citing some of Trump’s aides.

Israel’s Channel 12 News previously reported on Monday evening that Trump is leaning toward resuming the war with Iran in some capacity, quoting two senior US officials.

According to the sources, Trump has become impatient with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and with divisions within Iran’s leadership, which he believes are preventing Tehran from agreeing to concessions on the nuclear issue.

Trump’s frustrations may also stem from Pakistan’s role as mediator between the US and Iran. Two sources told CNN that officials close to Trump believe Pakistan frequently presents the US with a more favorable interpretation of Iran’s position than what actually reflects reality.

Additionally, CBS News reported on Monday that while Pakistan was mediating between Washington and Tehran, it also allowed Iranian military and intelligence aircraft to park on its airfields to avoid U.S. airstrikes.

According to US officials quoted by CBS, the Iranian aircraft were transferred to Pakistan just days after President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire at the beginning of April. According to the officials, the move may have aided Iran in protecting some of its remaining military and intelligence assets, even as Islamabad positioned itself as a neutral mediator.

The officials said that Iran also sent at least one civilian aircraft to neighboring Afghanistan.

The disclosure triggered immediate backlash in U.S. political circles. Senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham responded to the report on X, saying that if the information is accurate, it would require a complete reassessment of Pakistan’s role as a mediator between Iran, the United States, and other parties.

Graham added that, given previous statements by senior Pakistani security officials regarding Israel, he would not be shocked if the report was true.

Diplomatic tensions are expected to escalate in the coming hours, with officials at the White House reportedly demanding clarifications from Islamabad.

The report about Trump mulling a resumption of combat operations comes after the Pentagon—in a rare move—revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine.

The U.S. Sixth Fleet stated on Monday that the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar, a British territory on Spain’s south coast.

“The port visit demonstrates U.S. capability, flexibility, and continuing commitment to its NATO allies,” the Sixth Fleet said in a press release. “Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines are undetectable launch platforms for submarine-launched ballistic missiles, providing the U.S. with its most survivable leg of the nuclear triad.”

The Ohio-class fleet consists of 14 ballistic missile submarines and four guided-missile submarines. Designed for stealth operations, the submarines can carry Trident II ballistic missiles and conduct prolonged strategic deterrence patrols. The guided-missile variants of the Ohio-class are capable of carrying more than 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The surprise Pentagon announcement was made after Trump told reporters that the US-Iran ceasefire is “on life support.”

In response to the reports, Iran on Tuesday threatened to produce weapons-grade uranium.

“If the United States or Israel launches another attack on Iran, Tehran could move toward producing weapons-grade uranium,” the spokesman for the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission warned.

“One of Iran’s possible responses to another attack could be enrichment to 90%,” Ebrahim Rezaei wrote in a Persian-language post on X. “We will examine the matter in parliament.”

Iran is currently enriching uranium to 60% purity and could rapidly increase enrichment to the 90% threshold considered weapons-grade.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)