{"id":81416,"date":"2026-02-28T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=81416"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:32:12","slug":"trump-announces-u-s-launches-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/trump-announces-u-s-launches-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces: U.S. launches major military operation against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that American forces have begun a military operation targeting Iran. His statement came shortly after reports of explosions in <a title=\"Israel and U.S. Launch Airstrikes on Iran\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/israel-u-s-launch-airstrikes-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran<\/a>, signaling a sharp escalation in tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trump\u2019s first statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trump said, \u201cThe U.S. military has launched a military operation against Iran. The Iranian regime posed a threat. For 47 years the Iranian regime has chanted \u2018Death to Americans.\u2019 We have responded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the action as a major operation aimed at countering what he called a direct threat from Tehran.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Explosion reported in Tehran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to a report by The New York Times citing American and Israeli officials speaking on condition of anonymity, Trump launched strikes on Iran on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian state television acknowledged that an explosion occurred in Tehran, reportedly near offices linked to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tensions rise<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The move comes despite Trump often referring to himself as the \u201cPeace President.\u201d The latest development has further heightened tensions in the region, with attention now turning to whether Iran will respond.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ISRAEL-IRAN WAR LIVE | Tehran Under Attack: Israel Strikes Key Iranian Targets | World News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZOzlatn837Q\" width=\"951\" height=\"535\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that American forces have begun a military operation targeting Iran. His statement came shortly after reports of explosions in Tehran, signaling a sharp escalation in tensions between the two countries. Trump\u2019s first statement Trump said, \u201cThe U.S. military has launched a military operation against Iran. The Iranian regime posed a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":81417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,25,14],"tags":[80370,77263,1134,45176,873,1133],"class_list":["post-81416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east","category-america","category-world","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-military-operation","tag-tehran","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81418,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81416\/revisions\/81418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}