By bnm Gulf bureau Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the United States of aiding Israel’s recent military campaign against Iran and warned that rising tensions in the Persian Gulf could spiral into a global conflict.

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he knew all about Israel’s plan ahead of time, that he wasn’t given a mere “heads-up.”