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.

President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, urging the country to accept a nuclear deal to avoid further “planned attacks,” citing that “there has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter… come to an end.”

President Donald Trump issued his first response to Israel’s strikes against Iran on Friday morning, pressing Tehran to make a deal with the United States “before there is nothing left.” Israel began launching coordinated strikes against Iranian military and nuclear targets late Thursday evening.