Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- US President Donald Trump is considering carrying out an initial strike against Iran to compel its leaders to give up their nuclear ambitions and reach an agreement.

The New York Times reports that Mr Trump is leaning towards conducting the strike in the coming days to show Iranian authorities that they have no choice but to give up the production of nuclear weapons. This is despite Iran repeatedly stating it has no plans to build nuclear weapons, and world leaders condemning the American plans to invade Iran.

Since the start of the year, the US has been amassing troops and equipment in the Middle East in what has been described as the largest such deployment in over two decades.

Earlier in the year, Mr Trump told I...