The United States and Israel are drawing up plans to resume strikes on Iran after the midterm elections, according to ABC News and NPR, which cited unnamed sources.

Two Israeli sources said the strikes would almost surely come after the November 3 vote, ABC News reported. They pointed to President Donald Trump's worry about oil prices late in the campaign, ABC News said.

"The United States will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement, according to ABC News.

A person briefed on the war planning said the attack could come in early November, NPR reported. The person said Israel first planned to strike in mid-October but Trump objected, NPR said.

The buildup of forces could also be meant to pressure Iran into a deal, the person said, according to NPR.

New strikes would aim at Iran's oil and petrochemical sites and nuclear sites, one Israeli source said, according to ABC News. There are no plans to hit power plants, the source said.

The New York Times first reported the plans, ABC News and DW said. The Pentagon declined to comment, ABC News reported.

"We are just as prepared for diplomacy as we are for war," Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Thursday, according to NPR.

Iranian officials say they would respond with strikes on United States bases and energy sites in the Gulf, DW reported.

The United States and Israel launched a war on Iran on February 28, NPR reported. A ceasefire has not held, and Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, NPR said.

Two United States aircraft carrier groups are in the Arabian Sea, with a third expected by late November, DW reported.

What we know: Reports say new strikes on Iran are being planned for after November 3.
What we don't: Whether Trump will order the strikes, or whether talks could head them off.