A senior U.S. military official said those targets included missile launchers and air-defense sites.
President Trump laid out yet another, more ambitious goal of U.S. military action, one that could extend the war.
The strike was one of the deadliest attacks of the American-Israeli campaign against Iran so far.
U.S. and Israeli military officials are talking as often as 4,000 to 5,000 times a day, divvying up targets across Iran.
U.S. and Israeli military officials are talking as often as 4,000 to 5,000 times a day, divvying up targets across Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said responsibility for a strike on an Iranian girls’ school was under investigation.
The Pentagon provided few details, but the Trump administration has said that Iran’s efforts to kill U.S. officials is one reason the United States launched its bombing campaign.
“We’ll see what happens with the people,” President Trump said as he appeared to be distancing himself from the longer-term consequences of the war in Iran.
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged the possibility of an extended campaign, as the military announced that six U.S. service members had been killed so far.