Trump: White House was aware of Israel's plans to strike the Islamic Republic

The White House was informed of Israel’s strikes against the Iranian regime ahead of time but was not involved militarily, U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News‘ Bret Baier on Friday.

Washington still hopes that Tehran will clinch a nuclear agreement with the United States, Trump told Baier.

“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see,” Fox News cited the commander-in-chief as saying. “There are several people in leadership that will not be coming back,” he added.

U.S. officials were able to confirm that a number of top Iranian leade...