Tara Oakes
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first heard Feb 2026
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In a video shared on Truth Social, President Trump cites decades of grievances with Iran, from a 1979 embassy hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held for 444 days, to attacks blamed on Tehran ever since.
Trump says the strikes are aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, coming after a failure to get a breakthrough in talks this week.
Trump has warned that American lives may be lost in this military action and urged Iranians to stay sheltered.
The Pentagon says the operation will last multiple days.
Iran is vowing crushing retaliation, with Iran's Revolutionary Guard saying all US bases, resources, and interests in the region are considered legitimate targets for the Iranian army.
It says it struck Israeli and US bases with Iranian missiles, and its operation would continue until its enemy was, quote, decisively defeated.
The strikes came as Iranians were starting their working week.
Our Middle East editor Edmund Blair describes the panic.
A source has told Reuters that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is not in Tehran and has been transferred to a secure location.
An Iranian source close to the establishment says several senior commanders in Iran's Revolutionary Guards and political officials have been killed.
Reuters could not independently confirm the report.
Here's Edmund on the response from Iran's government.
So what happens next?
Here's Edmund with more.
To understand more about what President Trump's aims are with the operation, we called up our lead national security correspondent, Phil Stewart, in Washington.
The operation follows days of talks between Iran and the U.S.
Phil says there are risks to President Trump from this operation.
Reuters is covering the latest on this breaking news throughout the day.
We put a link to our live page in the pod description and stay across Reuters.com and the app for the latest.
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