Iran still in crosshairs of U.S. foreign policy and Israeli-Saudi meddling Towards the end of 2020, former President Donald Trump was said to have been restrained by his advisors from bombing Iran in an attempt to destroy its growing nuclear program. His aides finally were able to dissuade him by explaining that doing so could ignite a conflict that could easily escalate out of control in the dying days of his presidency. ran foreign minister Mohammad Zarif Photo: MGN Online Then in early January, Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iraqi intelligence warned that Israeli agents were planning to attack the U.S. military in Iraq to provide Mr. Trump with a pretext for launching an attack against Iran. Meanwhile, tensions were already high following the assassinations of Gen. Qassim Soleimani a little more than a year ago by the U.S. and of senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh allegedly by Israel.