WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th May, 2019) The Trump Administration will brief congressional leaders on Iran after warnings over Tehran's possible attacks against US interests in the middle East, local media reported on Wednesday.
The projected confidential meeting should occur on Thursday in the presence of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate and House Republican and Democrat leaders, as well as other top lawmakers, Politico newspaper said, attributing two sources in the Democratic Party.
Media reported earlier this week that the US military developed a plan to send 120,000 troops to Iran, but President Donald Trump denied the story as fake news.
The United States has dispatched Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf amid reports that a task force of B-52 strategic bombers has also been sent to the region and President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it would be "a big mistake" to attack US troops.
