play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upNews|Israel-Iran conflictTrump talks of ‘annihilation’, ‘elimination’ as US, Israel attack IranUS president makes a number of other claims and predictions without any concrete evidence to confirm their veracity, as Iran promised a crushing retaliation of its own.
Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoUnited States President Donald Trump speaks to the press before his departs the White House en route Corpus Christi, Texas on February 27, 2026, in Washington DC. [Celal Güneş/Anadolu Agency]By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 28 Feb 202628 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share
googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoUnited States President Donald Trump has said the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran are aimed at “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime”.
“Short time ago, US military began major combat operation in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime,” he said on Saturday.
Trump made a number of other claims and predictions without any concrete evidence to confirm their veracity, as Iran promised a crushing retaliation of its own.
Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher, reporting from Washington said sources revealed to him that, “US involvement in this attack is aimed at “decapitating the Iranian regime”.
“They say that from what they can understand, the attacks were concentrated on areas where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be sheltering, so the intention was to try and take out the head of the regime and then see what would happen afterward, ” he added.
One of the areas targeted in Iran’s capital was near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported The Associated Press. Khamenei is not in Tehran and has been transferred to a secure location, according to an official quoted by Reuters.
“There are countries that have been cautioning the US against this attack and wanted to know what the plan for the day after would be, simply because you can’t guarantee that by removing the Supreme Leader you would necessarily form a pro-US government,” Fisher said.
