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February 2026

What countries has Trump attacked since returning to office?

Despite a second-term pledge to end US involvement in costly and destructive foreign wars, President Donald Trump has initiated a full-scale offensive to topple the Iranian government just more than a year after returning to office

Donald Trumppresident
His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government,

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The leader who shaped Iran’s defiance

Vali Nasriranian-American academic and author (born 1960)
People think [of Iran] as a theocracy, because he [Khamenei] wears the turban and the language of the state is the language of religion, but in reality, he was a wartime president that came out of war with the assumption that Iran is vulnerable and in need of security,
Donald Trumppresident
The hour of your freedom is at hand,
Hassan Nasrallahhezbollah leader
Iranians paid too high a cost for this degree of insistence on national independence — in the process, he lost the Iranian population because they no longer believed in the wisdom of this independence,
Hassan Nasrallahhezbollah leader
It was a moment of pragmatism — sometimes protecting the state requires compromises,
Ali Khameneiiran Supreme Leader
Intelligent people who know Iran and its history would never speak to this nation in threatening language because the Iranian nation will not surrender, and the Americans should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly cause irreparable damage,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejadliner
You [the West] should be held accountable for your actions,
He is the leader whose formation was in the war with Iraq — that framed his outlook on domestic and foreign politics. Once he became the supreme leader, he focused on building the military and paramilitary apparatus for a siege, for constant resistance,
Khamanei never had a natural base for himself compared to Khomeini,
Ali Khameneiiran Supreme Leader
I believe I do not deserve this position; perhaps you and I know this. This would be symbolic leadership, not real leadership,

Iran’s Foreign Ministry defends retaliatory strikes, slams US betrayal

Esmail Baghaeiiranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
We have proven that we trust our friends in the region,
So, I think what is at stake is not only the security and peace of the region and that of Iran, but also the whole fabric of international law. And the normative system that has been created by the United Nations Charter,

Iran, US, Israel officials give civilians clashing directives as bombs drop

In light of the continued joint operations by the US and the Zionist regime against Tehran and several other major cities, if possible while remaining calm, please travel to other centres and cities where it is feasible for you to do so,

Nine months after 12-day war, US, Israel seek to topple Iran’s leaders

JD VanceuS Vice President
The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen,
Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidiforeign Minister of Oman
Iran has agreed to give up its stockpile of enriched material — zero accumulation and allow for full verification by the IAEA of its nuclear programme,

Pakistan edge last-ball thriller against Sri Lanka but exit T20 World Cup

They racked up 212-8 after Sahibzada Farhan (100) and Fakhar ⁠Zaman (84) combined in a ⁠T20 World Cup record 176-run opening stand

Inside Israel’s ‘normal’: Triumphalism and calm mix after attack on Iran

This is what they’re saying all the time in the media: How well-trained and ready we are. It’s crazy. I don’t think any country in the world has experienced more war than we have, so this is what they mean by ‘trained’,
Yair Lapidopposition leader
I want to remind us all: The people of Israel are strong. The IDF [Israeli army] and the Air Force are strong. The strongest power in the world stands with us,
That’s not the alert. That’s a warning on my phone telling me there’s going to be an alert and then I’ll have to return to the shelter,
Aida Touma-Suleimanpalestinian politician, member of Israeli Knesset
People here are well trained,
Ori Goldbergpolitical analyst
It’s Saturday, so the streets are naturally quiet,
I think, politically, there’s a sense of triumphalism, of having attacked an enemy regime. Not really because we’re greatly invested in the future of the Iranian people, but because, through the genocide on Gaza, we’ve devalued human life,
Both Israel and the US are after the Iranian leadership. They hope to weaken it substantially, though I doubt they could topple it from the air,
It will be the United States that determines how long the war will be. They’ll continue until they’ve achieved whatever it is they want,

Debris from intercepted Iranian missile lands in Hebron

Video shows debris from an intercepted Iranian missile that landed in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli air defence systems shot down incoming weapons