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The White House is weighing its options as President Trump continues to hold off on any decision to strike Iran.
The possibility of U.S. involvement in Israel's campaign against Iran comes after the Israeli military launched airstrikes on Iranian military sites and Iran responded with missile attacks in southern Israel.
NPR's Windsor Johnson has been following developments and joins us live here in the studio.
Windsor?
Corva, even with rising tensions and military action on both sides,
there's still a question hanging over all of this.
Is there any room at this point for a diplomatic resolution?
Some officials have warned that the situation could spiral quickly,
but others say there may be still some time to pull back to ease tensions.
I spoke with Alex Vitanca, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington,
D.C., this morning, and he told me that diplomatic channels are still open.
Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, his speech yesterday.
He didn't shut the door when it comes to diplomacy,
but he could have spoken much more forcefully about his desire to be ready to sort of make the sort of bigger compromises that it takes for President Trump and Netanyahu to say they achieved the objective of essentially forcing Iran to stand up.