Key Highlights
- Smoke could be seen rising from the capital as part of strikes that Iranian media said occurred nationwide.
- It wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old leader was in his offices when the attack occurred.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are alive “as far as I know.” “When we are finished, take over your government.
- It will be yours to take.
- This will be probably your only chance for generations,” Trump said in a video announcing “major combat operations.” “For many years, you have asked for America’s help, but you never got it.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed that goal, saying, “Our joint operation will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands.” The strikes during the holy fasting month of Ramadan opened a stunning new chapter in US intervention in Iran and marked the second time in eight months that the Trump administration has used military force against the Islamic Republic.
