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By Oliver JJ Lane and Kurt Zindulka
The United States has launched a major military operation alongside Israeli forces against the Islamist regime in Iran on Saturday, in what is being described as one of the largest regional concentrations of “American military firepower in a generation”. U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “is dead” and has called on the people of Iran to rise up and topple the government in Tehran.
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8:35 AM: In a press conference alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said that Operation Epic Fury was the “culmination of months and in some cases years of deliberate planning and refinement against this particular target set.”
“Across every domain: land, air, sea, cyber, the U.S. joint force delivered synchronized and layered effects designed to disrupt, degrade, deny, and destroy Iran’s ability to conduct and sustain combat operations.”
.@thejointstaff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine: “Across every domain: land, air, sea, cyber, the U.S. joint force delivered synchronized and layered effects designed to disrupt, degrade, deny, and destroy Iran’s ability to conduct and sustain combat operations.” pic.twitter.com/fITPNAWEFL
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 2, 2026
8:30 AM: In his first press conference since the start of Operation Epic Fury in Iran, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the military action taken by the United States was in response to 47 years of the Islamist regime in Tehran waging a “a savage, one-sided war against America”.
“We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump we are finishing it,” Secretary Hegseth said.
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