CENTCOM reportedly has plans for Iran strikes; Trump has not said whether he will approve them

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Trump weighs possible Iran attack or deal as Tehran blames US for failed talks

On Sunday, reports said CENTCOM has drawn up plans for strikes on Iran after the US midterm elections, and Trump has not said whether he will approve them. Trump mocked a reporter's question about renewed attacks, while Tehran says the US derailed the diplomatic effort. Earlier, Trump said the US is considering an attack as soon as Sunday, or a major deal with Tehran. No new strikes were reported in the events supplied.

• On Saturday, Iran blamed the US for the failed deal, urged a new attempt at talks and warned that even limited strikes would draw a response 'several times greater'.
• The US ordered diplomats and other federal employees out of Saudi Arabia and is drawing down staff at other regional missions. Officials say Iran is in advanced stages of planning attacks on Americans.
• On Friday, ministers from Europe and the Middle East meeting in Istanbul urged US-Iran diplomacy. France's foreign minister said escalation would 'create nothing but losers'.
• Analysts say emergency oil stocks are at multidecade lows, and an oil spill from a tanker strike has reached UAE beaches.