The U.S. president faces pushback over the risk of U.S. involvement in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

President Trump rejected an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior U.S. official told USA TODAY.

Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Tehran's flexibility in nuclear negotiations,

Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and killed at least two top military officers, raising the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries.

President Donald Trump said the United will come down on Iran “at levels never seen before” if the Middle Eastern country attacks.

Iran's cabinet holds emergency session after Israeli strikes. President Pezeshkian is set to address the nation shortly. This follows the fears of further escalation as Tehran signals the crisis is far from over,

In a statement laced with menace and finality, US President Donald Trump warned Iran to “just do it” and strike a nuclear deal, hours after Israeli airstrikes killed several of Iran’s top military leaders and nuclear scientists in a dramatic escalation in the Middle East.