The president told lawmakers that the objective of the assault was to “neutralize Iran’s malign activities,” but did not present evidence of immediate plans by Tehran to attack the United States.
A day earlier, the secretary of state had said that the decision to attack Iran was based on knowledge that Israel was going to strike, and an assumption that Iran would target U.S. forces as a result.
Who will lead Iran once the war is over? “Most of the people we had in mind are dead,” says President Trump.
The Pentagon and Middle Eastern countries say that most of the drones have been intercepted. But some have slipped through and caused damage.
Energy prices continued to rise on Tuesday as attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran intensified, along with the country’s response.
Many residents of Tehran managed to get out of town when the U.S. and Israel attack began, but others who could not described living under bombardment.
Americans in Riyadh and other cities were advised to shelter in place immediately.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq offered a stark lesson in the limits of military force. The Iran attacks suggest an era of postwar wariness is over.
Much of Tehran’s arsenal of missiles may be hidden underground, making it harder to destroy.
The United States and Israel started a war with Iran by killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.