By Lou Robinson, Renée Rigdon, Rosa de Acosta, Janie Boschma, NCS
(NCS) — The United States and Israel have launched a significant attack on Iran, which President Donald Trump mentioned would lay waste to the nation’s army, obliterate its nuclear program, and might even topple its regime.
In a video on Truth Social, Trump accused Iran of rejecting “every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions,” and mentioned the US “can’t take it anymore.”
The strikes focused a number of cities throughout Iran, together with its capital Tehran.
In retaliation, Iran mentioned it focused US army services in a number of nations in the Gulf that host US army bases, in addition to sending barrages of missiles in direction of Israel.
US-Israeli strikes focused Iran’s Supreme Leader’s compound
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in the coronary heart of Tehran was struck on Saturday.
This satellite tv for pc picture from Airbus reveals black smoke rising from the compound of Iran’s supreme chief in the capital Tehran on Saturday. Damage seen in the picture seems to point out that a number of buildings in the compound have been hit by strikes, after the US and Israel launched joint assaults.
It’s unclear if Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was in the compound at the time.
Internet entry has been disrupted throughout Iran
As of Saturday evening native time, Iran’s web connectivity had dropped to about 4% following the strikes.
Christian Edwards, Karina Tsui, Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent contributed to this report.
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