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Iranian Foreign Ministry Says “the Time Has Come to Defend the Homeland” After US and Israeli Attacks
- On Saturday, the United States launched major combat operations in Iran, with President Donald Trump announcing a coordinated attack called Operation Epic Fury across multiple targets.
- Following failed negotiations, U.S. and Israeli forces launched strikes after U.S. leaders said the operation aimed to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from Iran, with recent talks unsuccessful.
- U.S. forces launched Tomahawk missiles and deployed one‑way attack drones targeting IRGC high‑value sites, including underground facilities tied to Iran's nuclear program.
- Both chambers are expected to hold votes on War Powers measures this coming week, with House Democrats led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries planning to force a vote and Sen. Tim Kaine urging the U.S. Senate to act immediately.
- U.S. officials pointed to a decades-long record of proxy attacks and the 444-day U.S. embassy hostage crisis, while Iranians in exile in Turkey closely followed and welcomed the strikes despite internet blackouts.
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Letters to the Editor: U.S. and Israel's attack on Iran is intensified by a complicated history
'The innocent people across the Middle East will receive no help from our leaders or our Congress. It's up to the generals and admirals and good people of our armed forces to follow their oaths to the Constitution,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Finish The Job, Mr. President: End Iran’s Revolution Once And For All
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump on Feb. 28 directed the U.S. military to use force against targets in Iran to further degrade its nuclear and missile capabilities, to defeat its forces and to prevent them from once again projecting power against U.S. interests in the region, exporting their revolution and threatening national security. Iran at this very moment is attacking our forces and allies across the region, and four servicemen have…
Deterrence by Force: What the Strike on Iran Signals about American Power
The military operation conducted by the U.S. and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which began on Saturday morning and resulted in the deaths of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander General Mohammed Pakpour, and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, was another showcase of American military dominance. While it may conceal a profound yearning for glory and territorial control, it neverth…
Trump's latest fire and fury in Iran poses headache for NZ
Analysis: Back in the more innocent days of 2016, Donald Trump made his unlikely run for the White House with a promise to be an anti-war leader. “Unlike other candidates for the presidency, war and aggression will not be my first instinct,” Trump said in one speech, adding, “A superpower understands that caution and restraint are really truly signs of strength.” A decade on, any lingering hope his pledge could prove true has been wiped away wit…
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