28 February 2026
AP
The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran Saturday morning, a major escalation following weeks of negotiations between US and Iranian officials over the country’s nuclear program.
President Donald Trump confirmed in a video posted to social media that the United States had begun a “massive and ongoing” military campaign in Iran, “to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.”
“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” Trump said.
Iran has long maintained that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. Iran’s state media said the country is preparing for a “a crushing response” to the attacks.
A US official told CNN early Saturday that strikes were underway, describing them as “not a small strike.” Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz called the attack a “preemptive strike” against Iran, as a state of emergency was declared across Israel.
The attack targeted Iran’s ballistic missiles and missile launchers, which Israel views as a serious threat. It’s unclear whether there have been any casualties.
Videos geolocated and verified by CNN show smoke rising from the capital city of Tehran. While strikes have also been reported in the Iranian cities of Isfahan, Qom, Karaj and Kermanshah, according to state-run news agency Fars.
Israel declared a state of emergency because of the expectation of Iranian retaliation. The Home Front Command also closed its airspace and ordered only essential activity across the country.
People run for cover following an explosion in Tehran, on Saturday, February 28. Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters
In his video message, Trump said Iran had been working to rebuild its nuclear program after the US bombed its nuclear facilities in June. “They rejected every opportunity to reach their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore,” he said.
Saturday’s operation follows threats from Trump, who warned Iran of US military intervention if the regime didn’t stop killing anti-government protesters. The US also threatened to intervene if Iran did not agree to a new nuclear deal, which was the subject of US-Iran diplomatic talks in Geneva on Thursday.
Trump has repeatedly hinted that he would like to see regime change in Iran, while also insisting the country halt all of its uranium enrichment so it can never develop a nuclear weapon.
Trump, however, has not articulated the strategic objective of a US military operation or how long such an operation would last.
The US military has been preparing for possible strikes for weeks while indirect negotiations had been ongoing between Washington and Tehran – steadily massing Air Force and Naval assets in the region in anticipation of a possible “go” order from Trump.
Military officials, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, have been privately warning about the potential downsides of a prolonged conflict with Iran, raising concerns about the scale, complexity, and potential for US casualties of such a mission, CNN previously reported.
As the US has collected its military hardware in the area, Iran has also been, fortifying several of its nuclear facilities, satellite imagery has shown.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/28/middleeast/israel-attack-iran-intl-hnk
So? I’m not impressed. Ukraine needs help. Fuck the ME!
Yeah, Trump pulls out all the stops for democratic Israel who was attacked by some stone-throwing Terrorists that killed a thousand people…oh wait…
Not (just) for Israel. trumpkov said he wanted to prevent Iran from rebuilding their nuclear program.
If only we had a competent president who could have clinched a deal that would prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Oh wait…
Both the U.S. and Israel are disgusting hypocrites.
You’re so right Mike. The US media is so focused on this minor event, as compared to the crap we’re going through. Ukraine…nothing or a five second clip.
Bad in the polls, a little war does wonders……………..
He’s a day late and nickel short. He should’ve attacked shortly after encouraging the Iranian people to get out on the streets and lied that help was on the way. Instead, he allowed many thousands to get slaughtered and didn’t lift a finger.
Gee OFP I wouldn’t say nothing. Remember all those speeches with…we are with you and we’ll support you and how wonderful you are and etc etc etc. Maybe there wasn’t anything in it for him at that point like, perhaps the Epstein files that were suspiciously missing from the DOJ involving only Trump. What the hell, let’s blow a few hundred billion to save his ass
There goes his Nobel peace prize.
He never had a chance for it anyway. Maybe he can get the IOC peace prize, instead. He’s already got the FIFA one. 😄🤡
I noticed the russian air defences in Iran are working as normal. 🤣
Our prez is a bumbling fool in every respect, but our military are still top notch when it comes to air power and all its fine details.
Which makes it all the more frustrating when they support Israel against a bunch of sand dwellers, but ignore the huge increase in attacks on civilians in Ukraine.
Yes, I agree. It’s very frustrating to have such a complete moron in the WH.
Oh I don’t know, maybe he will send another letter to Norway’s PM demanding the award or else. I still wonder who are the fuckin idiots in the WH that let that idiot send that letter or moreover, the morons who continue to be enamored by this jerk. Now let me tell you how I really feel about Trump and his entourage
We can agree that Taco is a big, babbling baboon with the intellect of a street punk and the attention span of a fruit fly. His supporters are, at best, almost as stupid, which is still quite dumb.
Israel and the U.S. helping Iranian people to get rid of nazis.
But not lifting a fucking finger to help Ukraine get rid of even worse nazis than both the izlamonazis and the original nazis.
Yeah, it’s a complöete disgrace. But, what do you expect of a president who is a suspected pedophile, a multiple draft dodger, a pathological liar, a malignant narcissist, an adulterer, a bigot, and a crook? Israel is led by a creature not far behind our gangster.
But the Eppstein Commission said: Trump will never be invited for interrogation, so why Trump started this 3 days operation against Iran?
Only the Dorito knows it.
Russia: America must stop this war and return to international law.
What a joke
Only clowns can say such rubbish, knowing full well they are even worse.
“Trump, however, has not articulated the strategic objective of a US military operation or how long such an operation would last.”
Until people stop talking about the trump-epstein files?
😄