WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was preparing to launch an attack against the United States and its allies in the Middle East within a week before Washington initiated military action. Watch What Really Happened.
According to a report by Sky News on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, Trump made the statement while speaking at an event attended by members of the Republican Party. He said intelligence assessments indicated that Tehran had amassed a significant number of missiles and was preparing for a coordinated assault across the region.
“Within a week, they were going to attack us — one hundred percent,” Trump told the gathering. “They had all these missiles, far more than anyone thought, and they were going to attack us.”
The US president said the alleged plan was not limited to American forces but would have targeted several countries across the Middle East, including Israel. According to Trump, the potential scale of the planned attacks posed a direct threat to regional stability.
“But they were going to attack all of the Middle East and Israel,” he said.
Trump also raised concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, warning that Tehran could have used a nuclear weapon against Israel if it had already acquired such capabilities. Iran has consistently denied seeking nuclear weapons, maintaining that its nuclear program is intended solely for civilian purposes.
“If they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used it on Israel,” Trump added.
The president’s comments come amid heightened tensions following the joint military campaign launched earlier this year by the United States and Israel against Iranian targets. The strikes marked one of the most significant escalations in the long-running confrontation between Washington and Tehran.
The conflict intensified after the killing of Iran’s longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, during the opening wave of US-Israeli attacks. His death triggered retaliatory missile and drone strikes by Iran against targets linked to the United States and its allies across the region.
Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected Washington’s claims that Tehran was preparing an imminent attack, instead accusing the United States of initiating an unjustified military confrontation.