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US military has launched ‘major combat operations’ in Iran – Trump
Trump says the US military has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the country had attempted to rebuild its nuclear programme.
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‘Take over your government’, Trump tells Iranian people
Trump ended his eight-minute speech on Truth Social by addressing the Iranian people, telling them to “take over your government”.
He said:
Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations. For many years, you have asked for America’s help. But you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want. So let’s see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.
Iran launched missiles at Israel, says IDF
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said missiles were launched from Iran towards Israel this morning.
In statement posted on X, it said: “Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat. In the past few minutes, the home front command has sent a precautionary directive directly to mobile phones in the relevant areas.
“Sirens were sounded in several areas across the country following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward Israel. At this time, the IAF (Israeli Air Force) is operating to intercept and strike threats where necessary to remove the threat.”
The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is issuing a statement, according to Reuters news agency. We shall bring you more when we get it.
Patrick Wintour
Tehran residents had reported two rounds of explosions by 10.30am focussed on the Pasteur area of the capital where the presidential office is situated along with the offices of the national security council. Wounded were being taken away in ambulances
Attacks were also mounted on the offices of the supreme leader and the assembly of experts, the body that chooses the Iranian supreme leader. The aim appeared to be to try to damage the political leadership of Iran. Iranian sources said the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was not in Tehran but in a safe undisclosed location.
No assassination of any official was confirmed, despite rumours that the president, Masud Pezeshkhian, had been targeted.
The headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was also attacked and a significant number of deaths and injuries were being reported.
But explosions were being reported across the country including in Qom, Tabriz Kermanshah Lorestan Khorramabad and Karaj.
Cyber attacks were also underway and Iranian residents reported that the internet was slowing making reporting of what is happening harder.
Ebrahim Azizi, the chairman of the parliament’s national security commission, wrote on X: “We warned you, but now you have started down a path that is beyond your control.”
Iranian officials vowed a crushing response and seemed to believe this was the start of a full scale military exchange, and not a limited US action designed to force Iran to change its negotiating position.
Iran has also closed its airspace and issued advice to civilians on how to avoid bombings. It is not clear if the Tehran underground systems will be opened as shelters.
Schools and workplaces closed in Jerusalem until Monday
Authorities in Jerusalem have ordered schools and workplaces to remain shut until Monday with people urged to avoid going out unless they are an essential worker.
The home front command in Jerusalem, a regional district of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) responsible for emergencies, said: “There will be no educational activities, no gatherings, and no going to work, except for workers defined as essential. This policy is in effect from Saturday (2/28) at 8am (6am GMT) until Monday (3/2) at 8pm (6pm GMT).”
‘We are going to raze their missile industry to the ground’ – Trump
Here are some more lines from Trump’s statement on Truth Social.
The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated. We are going to annihilate their navy. We are going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilise the region or the world, and attack our forces, and no longer use their IEDs – or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called – to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people including many Americans. And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.
Lay down your arms or ‘face certain death’, Trump tells Revolutionary Guards
In a video posted on Truth Social, Trump has told the Revolutionary Guards to lay down their arms, saying: “You will be treated fairly with total immunity or you will face certain death.”
Trump has accused Iran of developing long-range missiles that threaten the US and others.
He said the US will “raze their missile industry to the ground” and “annihilate their navy”.
US military has launched ‘major combat operations’ in Iran – Trump
Trump says the US military has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the country had attempted to rebuild its nuclear programme.
Emma Graham-Harrison
Sirens sounded across Israel just after 8am on Saturday, waking up anyone who was still asleep, and alerting the population that another war had begun.
Less than a year after Israel’s last war with Iran, which involved ballistic missile strikes on towns and cities across the country, citizens were warned to stay near shelters and be alert to air-raid warnings.
Air space was closed, with civilian flights cancelled and travellers turned away from the main Ben Gurion airport.
Saturday is a quiet day in Israel, when observant Jews avoid using phones and transport, and most shops and businesses are closed, so the disruptions caused by war were less immediately obvious.
But schools and universities will be closed on Sunday and Monday, and the large Sheba medical centre near Tel Aviv announced it would shift patients to underground wards.
Mobile phone services cut in Iran
Mobile phone services have been cut in Iran after the Israeli attacks, according to a report from Associated Press.
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