Trump: US Military Launches Combat Operations in Iran
Jakarta (ANTARA) - US President Donald Trump stated that American military forces have launched large-scale combat operations in Iran to defend the American people by eliminating direct threats from the Iranian regime.
“Their threatening activities directly endanger the United States, our forces, our bases abroad, and our allies throughout the world,” Trump said in a video posted to his Truth Social media platform monitored in Jakarta on Saturday (28/2).
Earlier on Saturday (28/2), it was reported that Israel had launched a preemptive strike against Iran. This represents the second American military operation against Iran under Trump, following the first strike in June 2025.
According to Trump, Operation Midnight Hammer in June destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, and warned Iran against continuing nuclear weapons development.
Trump claimed that Iran is attempting to rebuild its nuclear programme and continues developing long-range missiles that could threaten European partners and allies, American forces stationed abroad, and asserted that such missiles could reach US territory.
“For this reason, the US military has conducted large-scale and ongoing operations to prevent this extremely evil radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We will destroy their missiles and devastate their missile industry,” Trump said.
“And we will ensure that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. This is a very simple message. They will never have nuclear weapons,” he added.
On Friday (27/2), Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi stated that US-Iran nuclear negotiations had reached agreement on a policy preventing enriched uranium stockpiling, with stock reductions to the lowest level and conversion to permanent fuel under full verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The United States and Iran have conducted three rounds of indirect nuclear programme negotiations mediated by Oman. The first and second rounds were held earlier this month in Muscat and Geneva, focusing on limiting uranium enrichment and Iran’s uranium stockpiles in exchange for sanctions relief, whilst the third round took place on Thursday (26/2) in Geneva.