{"id":2100,"date":"2026-01-29T10:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:09:00","slug":"trump-considers-strikes-on-iran-to-spur-protests-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/01\/29\/trump-considers-strikes-on-iran-to-spur-protests-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Considers Strikes on Iran to Spur Protests, Sources Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing targeted military strikes against Iran\u2019s security forces and key sites in an effort to destabilize the country\u2019s leadership and revive anti\u2011government protests after a violent crackdown on unrest. According to sources familiar with the discussions, the aim is to create conditions conducive to \u201cregime change.\u201d<\/p><p>Options under review range from strikes on senior commanders and institutions to broader operations against Iran\u2019s ballistic missile or nuclear facilities. The recent deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group to the region has enhanced Washington\u2019s military readiness, though no final decision has been made.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing targeted military strikes against Iran\u2019s security forces and key sites in an effort to destabilize the country\u2019s leadership and revive anti\u2011government protests after a violent crackdown on unrest. According to sources familiar with the discussions, the aim is to create conditions conducive to \u201cregime change.\u201d Options under review [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}