U.S. and Israel launch major attack on Iran


MAJOR JOINT ATTACK: The United States launched "major combat operations" in Iran, joined by Israel, President Donald Trump announced in a video message today.
IRAN'S LEADERS TARGETED: Israel targeted Iranian political and military leaders, two U.S. officials told NBC News, while the U.S. aimed to take out Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
TRUMP URGES REGIME CHANGE: Trump urged Iranians to “take over your government” when the strikes are over. “The hour of your freedom is at hand,” he said.
IRAN RETALIATION: Iran responded by firing missiles at Israel as well as at U.S. bases across the region in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, sending ripples across the Middle East.
TEHRAN WILLING TO TALK: In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran was interested in de-escalation and willing to talk if the U.S. and Israel halted attacks. He told Trump that regime change was "mission impossible."
NUCLEAR TALKS: The U.S. built up a massive military presence in the Middle East while holding talks with the Islamic Republic over a new deal to curtail its nuclear program. Araghchi told NBC News that the two sides were close to a deal, decrying the joint strikes while talks were ongoing.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the military, along with partner forces, began Operation Epic Fury at 1:15 a.m. ET and that the goal was to "dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat."

"Targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields," CENTCOM said.

The strikes were launched from the air, land and sea, it said. The U.S. also used "low-cost one-way attack drones for the first time in combat."

Top Democrats in Congress are condemning Trump's decision to launch U.S. military actions in Iran, arguing that these strikes require congressional approval.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement that Iran must be confronted "for its human rights violations, nuclear ambitions, support of terrorism and the threat it poses to our allies like Israel and Jordan in the region."

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