Countries in the Middle East and around the world were watching with bated breath after the United States and Israel carried out long-feared strikes on Iran on Saturday (February 28, 2026).
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Trump: ‘annihilate’
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed that the strikes would cripple Iran’s military and urged Iranians to rise up against the Islamic republic.
“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally – again – obliterated. We’re going – to annihilate their navy,” Mr. Trump said in the address from his Florida home posted to his Truth Social platform.
