Donald Trump

They've rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions.

and we can't take it anymore.

For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.

We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground.

I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity, or in the alternative, face certain death.

So lay down your arms.

You will be treated fairly with total immunity, or you will face certain death.

My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S.

personnel in the region.

Even so, and 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.

But we're doing this not for now.

We're doing this for the future.

And it is a noble mission.

To the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand.

Stay sheltered.

Don't leave your home.

It's very dangerous outside.

Bombs will be dropping everywhere.