Former CIA officer John Kiriakou claimed that the United States has made a final decision to launch a military strike against Iran early next week, citing information from a fellow former intelligence official who recently visited the White House.Speaking on the Julian Dorey Podcast, Kiriakou said, “I have a friend, former CIA officer, who was at the White House this morning talking to his friends, and he says that a decision has been made to attack Iran on Monday or Tuesday.”
Kiriakou said the President’s public 10-day deadline for Tehran to accept US demands should be viewed cautiously, describing such timeframes as part of a pattern.“The president yesterday gave the Iranians 10 days to accept our proposals for an end to their ballistic missile programme, an end to their uranium enrichment programme, an end to supporting groups in the Middle East like Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis. But he’s done this before,” he said.He added that deadlines are sometimes shortened unexpectedly: “Well, he’ll give you 10 days, he’ll give you two weeks, and then he’ll just attack two days into it. He thinks that that keeps people off balance.”He also outlined divisions inside Washington over possible military action. “He said that there are battle lines, that the anti-war forces are JD Vance and Tulsi Gabbard,” Kiriakou said, as quoted by ANI, adding that the pro-intervention side is “led by Marco Rubio and includes Pete Hegseth and now the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”He said he was surprised by the Joint Chiefs’ reported stance and linked it to leadership changes under Donald Trump. “Trump has replaced all of the Joint Chiefs this year, this past, in the past 12 months, which I had forgotten,” he said. “He promoted people that he knew would be politically loyal.”The claims come as US forces are being repositioned across the Middle East. The Jerusalem Post, citing a disclosure from The New York Times, reported that hundreds of personnel have been moved from Al Udeid Air Base, alongside shifts at US sites in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.Officials are said to fear that the 30,000–40,000 US troops stationed in the region could become immediate targets in any conflict. Analysts noted this would contrast with the June 2025 strike on Al Udeid, when Iran gave advance warning.The Jerusalem Post also cited the Iranian mission to the United Nations warning that if the US attacks, “all bases, facilities, and assets of the hostile force in the region would constitute legitimate targets.”Washington is reportedly strengthening regional defences by moving additional air-defence systems into the Middle East and keeping two aircraft carriers farther from Iranian territory to reduce exposure to retaliation.Kiriakou also suggested that the timing of potential government disclosures, including expected UFO-related files, could serve as distraction. “Probably in part, yeah. About them saying they’re going to release the UFO files last night, which I’ve wanted released forever, but the timing.”
