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Tehran strikes back at Gulf states after U.S.-Israel launch massive attack on Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has continued to pursue nuclear weapons despite ongoing negotiations to end its program.
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Tehran strikes back at Gulf states after U.S.-Israel launch massive attack on Iran
Sam Meredith@in/samuelmeredith@smeredith19
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Key Points
- U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that U.S. military operations against Iran are underway.
- Israel also launched a Saturday attack on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown.
- Explosions were heard in key cities around the Middle East, including Jerusalem, as Iran launched counterattacks.
- Trump said Iran has continued to pursue nuclear weapons despite ongoing negotiations to end its program. Iran, meanwhile, harshly condemned the attacks, accusing the U.S. and Israel of "grossly violating" Iran's territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
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[Trump says Iran hit by U.S. military combat operations]
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The U.S. military has begun "major combat operations" in Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday, as Iranian missiles targeted several Middle Eastern cities.
"Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people," Trump said in a video message on his Truth Social account.
A U.S. official confirmed earlier that American forces attacked Iran by air and sea, Reuters reported. It also cited an unidentified Iranian official as saying that several ministries in the southern part of the Iranian capital, Tehran, were targeted
Israel also launched a Saturday attack on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown.
Explosions were heard in key cities around the Middle East, including Jerusalem, as Iran launched counterattacks. CNBC producer Joan Muwahed in Dubai reported hearing two explosions over the city in the United Arab Emirates.
[A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)]
'Bigger ramifications than Venezuela': Markets brace for impact after U.S. strikes Iran
Qatar and the UAE condemned Iranian missile counterattacks.
"The State of Qatar expresses its strong condemnation of the targeting of Qatari territory with Iranian ballistic missiles, considering it a flagrant violation of its national sovereignty," Qatar's Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
A UAE statement said: "the Ministry of Defense announced that the country was subjected today to a blatant attack by Iranian ballistic missiles, which was dealt with by the UAE air defenses with high efficiency and a number of missiles were successfully intercepted."
The Israel Defense Forces said it had identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel.
"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," the IDF said in a tweet.
[Explosions heard, flights canceled as U.S. and Israel strike Iran]
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Explosions heard, flights canceled as U.S. and Israel strike Iran
Elsewhere, Bahrain said the service center of the U.S. Fifth Fleet was subjected to a missile attack. The U.S. embassy in Bahrain's capital, Manama, issued a security alert warning of "imminent drone/missile attack in Bahrain".
In a tweet, the embassy urged "U.S. citizens in Bahrain to shelter in place, review security plans in the event of an attack, and to stay alert in case of additional future attacks. U.S. Embassy personnel are sheltering in place."
The U.S. embassy in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, also issued a shelter-in-place alert.
Failed negotiations?
The Saturday attacks come after the United States had assembled a vast fleet of fighter jets and warships in the region in an effort to pressure Iran into a deal over its nuclear program.
Trump warned earlier in February that "really bad things" would happen unless Tehran agreed to a nuclear deal. The U.S. and Iran held a third round of talks in Switzerland on Thursday to try to resolve a standoff.
Ahead of the discussions, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran's reluctance to talk about its ballistic missile development program, alongside its nuclear program, was a "big, big problem." Iran had said it was willing to compromise when it came to its nuclear program, but had repeatedly said Tehran's missile program had never been part of the talks' agenda.
Explosions heard across the Middle East as Iran retaliates against U.S. attacks; flights disrupted
However, Trump said Iran has continued to pursue nuclear weapons despite ongoing negotiations to end its program.
"[In] Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal," Trump said. "But Iran refused."
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