It seems to be starting 👀

An emergency meeting of the U.S. National Security Council on the situation in the Middle East begins at 20:00 Moscow time.

If Tehran does not back down, the agenda will be the complete destruction of Iran's nuclear program, — German Chancellor Merz.

He added that Tel Aviv will not be able to do this alone.

The U.S. President added that "patience is running out."

Meanwhile, the U.S. is deploying an aircraft carrier group led by the USS Nimitz to the Middle East to protect the military contingent in the region — Pentagon.