The US and Israel attacked Iran: What we know
This feels like a quiet policy shift.
The United States and Israel on Saturday carried out strikes against Iran, marking a culmination of years of warnings about the threat the regime poses to global security.
Israeli officials said Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during the attacks. President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon said he believed that was “the correct story,” with the development appearing to stamp an end to nearly four decades of rule by the Ayatollah.
What happened?
The Trump administration has for months engaged in diplomatic talks with the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s government aimed at averting military intervention, due largely to concerns about the country’s nuclear weapons ambitions and the terrorism it promotes internationally.
With no clear breakthrough in sight, the White House and Israel targeted Iran with strikes over the weekend. In an eight-minute video message posted to Truth Social, President Donald Trump said the objective of “Operation Epic Fury” is “to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.” He described Iran as the world’s number 1 state sponsor of terror, and called on its citizens to overthrow the Ayatollah.
U.S. intelligence indicating Iran intended to use conventional missiles, potentially preemptively, against U.S. troops in the Middle East, was also a key part of the rationale for why Trump signed off on the strikes, senior officials said during a Saturday briefing, according to BBC.
The strikes targeted several sites where the Ayatollah and other senior military leaders gathered in Iran. U.S. officials told NBC News that Israel had targeted Iranian leaders while the U.S.went after Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
When asked to address reports that the Ayatollah is dead, Trump said during an NBC News interview: “We feel that that is a correct story.” “Most” of Iran’s senior leadership is “gone,” the president confirmed.
The Pentagon confirmed there were no U.S. casualties in the first 12 hours of the operation.
The U.S. military used sea and air-based platforms to launch massive strikes across Iran overnight, a U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal. American destroyers launched Tomahawk missiles from the waters in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Sea, while U.S. jet fighters fired missiles, the official said.
Where the U.S. and Israel have launched strikes against Iran. Graphic by Joana Suleiman
IRAN STRIKES ERASE SPACE …
This feels like a quiet policy shift.
The United States and Israel on Saturday carried out strikes against Iran, marking a culmination of years of warnings about the threat the regime poses to global security.
Israeli officials said Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during the attacks. President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon said he believed that was “the correct story,” with the development appearing to stamp an end to nearly four decades of rule by the Ayatollah.
What happened?
The Trump administration has for months engaged in diplomatic talks with the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s government aimed at averting military intervention, due largely to concerns about the country’s nuclear weapons ambitions and the terrorism it promotes internationally.
With no clear breakthrough in sight, the White House and Israel targeted Iran with strikes over the weekend. In an eight-minute video message posted to Truth Social, President Donald Trump said the objective of “Operation Epic Fury” is “to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.” He described Iran as the world’s number 1 state sponsor of terror, and called on its citizens to overthrow the Ayatollah.
U.S. intelligence indicating Iran intended to use conventional missiles, potentially preemptively, against U.S. troops in the Middle East, was also a key part of the rationale for why Trump signed off on the strikes, senior officials said during a Saturday briefing, according to BBC.
The strikes targeted several sites where the Ayatollah and other senior military leaders gathered in Iran. U.S. officials told NBC News that Israel had targeted Iranian leaders while the U.S.went after Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
When asked to address reports that the Ayatollah is dead, Trump said during an NBC News interview: “We feel that that is a correct story.” “Most” of Iran’s senior leadership is “gone,” the president confirmed.
The Pentagon confirmed there were no U.S. casualties in the first 12 hours of the operation.
The U.S. military used sea and air-based platforms to launch massive strikes across Iran overnight, a U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal. American destroyers launched Tomahawk missiles from the waters in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Sea, while U.S. jet fighters fired missiles, the official said.
Where the U.S. and Israel have launched strikes against Iran. Graphic by Joana Suleiman
IRAN STRIKES ERASE SPACE …
The US and Israel attacked Iran: What we know
This feels like a quiet policy shift.
The United States and Israel on Saturday carried out strikes against Iran, marking a culmination of years of warnings about the threat the regime poses to global security.
Israeli officials said Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during the attacks. President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon said he believed that was “the correct story,” with the development appearing to stamp an end to nearly four decades of rule by the Ayatollah.
What happened?
The Trump administration has for months engaged in diplomatic talks with the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s government aimed at averting military intervention, due largely to concerns about the country’s nuclear weapons ambitions and the terrorism it promotes internationally.
With no clear breakthrough in sight, the White House and Israel targeted Iran with strikes over the weekend. In an eight-minute video message posted to Truth Social, President Donald Trump said the objective of “Operation Epic Fury” is “to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.” He described Iran as the world’s number 1 state sponsor of terror, and called on its citizens to overthrow the Ayatollah.
U.S. intelligence indicating Iran intended to use conventional missiles, potentially preemptively, against U.S. troops in the Middle East, was also a key part of the rationale for why Trump signed off on the strikes, senior officials said during a Saturday briefing, according to BBC.
The strikes targeted several sites where the Ayatollah and other senior military leaders gathered in Iran. U.S. officials told NBC News that Israel had targeted Iranian leaders while the U.S.went after Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
When asked to address reports that the Ayatollah is dead, Trump said during an NBC News interview: “We feel that that is a correct story.” “Most” of Iran’s senior leadership is “gone,” the president confirmed.
The Pentagon confirmed there were no U.S. casualties in the first 12 hours of the operation.
The U.S. military used sea and air-based platforms to launch massive strikes across Iran overnight, a U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal. American destroyers launched Tomahawk missiles from the waters in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Sea, while U.S. jet fighters fired missiles, the official said.
Where the U.S. and Israel have launched strikes against Iran. Graphic by Joana Suleiman
IRAN STRIKES ERASE SPACE …
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