{"id":7393,"date":"2026-02-28T11:46:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7393"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:46:47","slug":"major-combat-operations-underway-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7393","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Major Combat Operations&#8217; Underway Against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">U.S. President Donald Trump told the Iranian armed forces to lay down their arms or face \u201ccertain death\u201d and its people to rise up and \u201cseize control of your destiny\u201d as \u201cmajor\u201d strikes against Tehran commenced.<\/p>\n<p>Joint American-Israeli strikes against Iran took place over night, with U.S. President Donald Trump addressing both the nation and the people of Iran. Announcing the strikes to eliminate \u201cimminent threats from the Iranian regime\u201d which \u201cdirectly endangers the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world\u201d, Trump said: \u201cA short time ago, the United States Military began major combat operations in Iran\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian retaliatory strikes have been launched against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes are intended to destroy Iran\u2019s stockpiles of missiles and to \u2018obliterate\u2019 Iran\u2019s missile production industry, the President said. Most importantly, Trump said, was preventing Iranian nuclear-tipped long-range missiles from ever threatening the American mainland or America\u2019s allies in Europe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32215880\" style=\"max-width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2263410412.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEHRAN, IRAN \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: (EDITORS NOTE: Retransmission with alternate crop.) A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on February 28, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. After explosions were seen in the Iranian capital, the office of the Israeli Defense Minister issued a statement saying it had launched a preemptive strike against the country. (Photo by Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Iran is the world\u2019s no.1 state sponsor of terror and has recently killed tens of thousands of its own people [\u2026 which is]\u00a0developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could seen reach the American homeland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 for these reasons the United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We\u2019re going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It\u2019s going to be totally, again, obliterated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2027654336138924410\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2027654336138924410\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While noting \u201cevery possible step\u201d to minimise threat to U.S. military personnel had been taken, President Trump warned the combat operations afoot were of sufficient scale that there may be casualties. He said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re not doing this for now, we\u2019re doing it for the future and it is a noble mission. We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure Americans and our children will never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran. We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm\u2019s way and we trust that with his help the men and woman of the armed forces will prevail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. President called on the armed forces, paramilitary, and police of Iran to lay down their weapons. If they did so they would receive \u201ccomplete immunity\u201d and be treated fairly, he said, but else would face \u201ccertain death\u201d. To the Iranian people, he called on them to take this opportunity to rise up against the government, stating \u201cthe hour of your freedom is at hand\u201d and that a second opportunity to take control was likely not coming. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Stay sheltered, don\u2019t leave your home, it\u2019s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will, probably be your only chance for generations\u2026 now is the time to seize control of your destiny<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his people early Saturday morning stating the joint strikes with the U.S. were to\u00a0remove the \u201cexistential threat\u201d. Netanyahu said: \u201cFor 47 years, the Ayatollah regime has called out \u2018Death to Israel\u2019 and \u2018Death to America.\u2019 It has shed our blood, murdered many Americans, and massacred its own people\u2026\u00a0This murderous terror regime must not be allowed to arm itself with nuclear weapons that would enable it to threaten all of humanity\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/netanyahu-says-israel-us-launched-strikes-to-remove-the-existential-threat-posed-by-iran\/\">reports <\/a><em>The Times of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Air raid sirens sounded across Israel as Iran launched retaliatory ballistic strikes, it was stated. The Israeli Defence Force said in a series of statements of what it said were multiple Iranian \u201cbarrages\u201d: \u201cA short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel\u2026 At this time, the IAF is operating to intercept and strike threats where necessary to remove the threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cn5ge95q6y7t\">BBC reports<\/a> blasts were heard in Bahrain\u2019s Manama, the home port of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32215900\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/02\/AP26059256811672.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32215900\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/02\/AP26059256811672.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This story is developing, more follows\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2026\/02\/28\/trump-major-combat-operations-underway-against-iran\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump told the Iranian armed forces to lay down their arms or face \u201ccertain death\u201d and its people to rise up and \u201cseize&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}