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Israel-Iran live updates: Trump weighs U.S. strike as Iran's supreme leader says the 'battle begins' TRUMP WEIGHS OPTIONS: There are growing signs that the U.S. could enter the conflict, after President Donald Trump demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” but later he told reporters, “I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” IRAN’S LEADERSHIP TARGETED: Both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have raised the idea of assassinating Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with Trump saying yesterday that he was “an easy target.” SUPREME LEADER DEFIANT: Trump's call for Iran's surrender is “threatening and ridiculous,” Khamenei said in a statement that was read out on state television today, which also warned that U.S. intervention would cause "irreparable damage." IRAN ARRESTS SPIES: The Revolutionary Guard in Lorestan province arrested five individuals it said were working for Mossad, the Israeli spy agency.

B-2 stealth bombers and 30,000-pound bunker busters: Why striking Iran’s nuclear sites is such a difficult feat

Iran is staring down the possibility of seeing its most important nuclear facilities hit by a 30,000-pound American bomb.

White House officials on Tuesday told NBC News that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a range of options including striking Iran directly, after the American leader repeatedly asserted that his administration would not allow Iran to continue its nuclear program or reach bomb-making capability.