Iran updates: Trump admin prepares range of options to target Iran, including 'mother of all bombs,' sources say

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy claims an oil tanker struck a naval mine Friday as it attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

A statement from the IRGC Navy claims there was an explosion and fire after the unnamed super oil tanker hit the mine as it attempted to cross through "an unauthorized route."

"The tanker attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz after turning off all positioning and radar systems, with the aim of deception, and with the support of the US military," the IRGC statement claimed.

Earlier this week, the IRGC claimed a container ship sank after it struck a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (CENTCOM) later issued a statement disputing those claims saying the container ship, the GFS Pride was hit by an Iranian projectile and sank as it was being towed to shore.

-ABC News' Othon Leyva

Air defenses destroyed several projectiles in Saudi Arabia, the spokesman for Saudi-led coalition forces said Friday.

Three missiles and three drones targeting different regions were intercepted, Col. Turki Al-Maliki said in a series of posts on X.

Saudi Arabia did not say who launched the projectiles but the Houthi military in Yemen has repeatedly launched projectiles in recent weeks.

A ballistic missile launched in the direction of Yanbu; an important Red Sea port, was intercepted, along with two cruise missiles over the Red Sea. Three drones were also destroyed in the southern and Riyadh regions, Col. Al-Maliki said in a post.

Top administration and defense officials have prepared a range of options for the president to consider as he weighs further military escalation in Iran, sources told ABC News.

The list of options prepared by officials includes the use of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb known as the "mother of all bombs," according to sources familiar with the matter.

The president has not made a decision, according to sources. Trump has been meeting with top officials as he considers next steps in the war with Iran and is regularly presented with a range of options.

Trump has said he will not strike Iran before the midterm election. On the campaign trail, he vows the war will end soon but it's unclear how that will happen.

The president used the MOAB during his first administration to attack an Islamic State cave complex in 2017. The bomb is the largest U.S. non-nuclear weapon.

A White House official told ABC News, "We do not comment on sensitive military plans that may or may not exist. President Trump keeps all options on the table to ensure that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon."

ABC News has reached out to the Pentagon for comment.

When asked about the bomb in an interview with Newsmax on Thursday evening, Trump said "it's not nuclear at all. This is just a extremely large bomb. It's like a tiny nuclear bomb, and -- but the mother of all bombs is one big bomb, but it's not nuclear. I wouldn't use nuclear. We don't have to. We're the greatest nuclear power in the world."

CNN was first to report the options presented to the president.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Katherine Faulders

France has started deploying military assets in Saudi Arabia, a spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry, Pascal Confavreux, confirmed in a press conference Thursday.

"You know that the Houthi attacks in Yemen and against Saudi Arabia threaten not only Saudi Arabia's security and the region's energy security, but you also know that the President announced on September 24th that France would support the defense of Saudi energy infrastructure, particularly the Yanbu East-West Corridor. And this support is currently being deployed," Confavreux said in a news conference.

French President Emmanuel Macron said last month that France would send troops and defense systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, ‌‌a key hub for energy transport.

-ABC News' Desiree Adib