Washington DC, June 22 -- The recent joint military action against Iran by the United States and Israel may have been planned well in advance, with signs of close coordination between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Jonathan Schanzer, a terror finance analyst and former US Treasury official.

Schanzer said US-Israel strikes on Iran appeared to have been closely coordinated from early in Trump's second term, marking a potential turning point for West Asia.

"Two men (Trump and Netanyahu) have been coordinating closely. The Israelis launched their attack (on Iran) last Thursday night -- they did so on Day 61 after Trump's 60-day deadline... I get a sense that this was coordinated from ve...