Emily Kwong
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Two days of U.S.
and Israeli airstrikes have caused remarkable damage in Iran.
In this video published by U.S.
Central Command, mobile batteries launch missiles.
The attacks have killed hundreds inside the country, according to Iranian state media, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran and other high-ranking officials.
That is President Trump speaking on Sunday.
Now, before this all began, the U.S.
was engaged in talks with Iran over their nuclear program and had planned for more.
Then the strikes came.
Now, the U.S.
government says that attacks such as this one from a U.S.
Navy warship destroyed Iranian naval vessels, command centers and ballistic missile facilities in strikes across the Middle Eastern country.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Ismail Bagayi on Sunday.
Iranian retaliatory strikes targeted U.S.
military installations in the region, in Israel, and in neighboring countries like the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Kuwait.
Three U.S.