{"id":2574668,"date":"2026-02-28T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-announces-major-combat-operations-against-iran-a-vicious-group-of-very-hard-terrible-people\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:32:57","slug":"breaking-trump-announces-major-combat-operations-against-iran-a-vicious-group-of-very-hard-terrible-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-announces-major-combat-operations-against-iran-a-vicious-group-of-very-hard-terrible-people\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Trump Announces &#8216;Major Combat Operations&#8217; Against Iran: &#8216;A Vicious Group of Very Hard, Terrible People&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-trump-announces-major-combat-operations-against-iran-a-vicious-group-of-very-hard-terrible-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An article reports that roughly an hour after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets,President Donald Trump posted a Mar-a-Lago video announcing \u201cmajor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-blasts-woke-u-s-army-recruitment-videos-another-institution-crippled-by-woke-political-correctness\/\" title=\"Crenshaw Blasts \u2018Woke\u2019 U.S. Army Recruitment Videos: \u2018Another Institution Crippled By Woke Political Correctness\u2019\">combat operations<\/a>\u201d against Iran. He framed the Iranian regime as a hazardous threat to the United States and its allies, describing it as a violent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gender-equality-dean-caught-on-camera-running-interference-for-terror-supporting-groups-on-campus\/\" title=\"Gender Equality Dean&#039; Caught Shielding Terror-Supporting Groups on Campus\">terror-supporting group<\/a> and highlighting past events such as the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The piece notes that the strikes followed stalled talks in Geneva and a U.S. military buildup in the region. Trump vowed to defend Americans by eliminating imminent threats and pressed that Iran\u2019s nuclear program must be halted, suggesting there could be casualties and urging the Iranian people to rise up while warning the Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps to lay down thier weapons or face death. He asserted the aim was regime change, not negotiations, and claimed the United States would destroy Iran\u2019s missiles and navy to prevent destabilization of the region. Explosions and sirens were reported across Iran and Israel, with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu describing the operation as removing an existential threat and also calling for regime change. The report also covers various reactions and ongoing geopolitical dynamics, and notes the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >page includes embedded media<\/a> and interactive elements such as tweets and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colbert-catastrophe-fec-urged-to-investigate-after-host-lies-about-censorship-raising-millions-for-crockett-opponent\/\" title=\"Colbert Catastrophe: FEC Urged to Investigate After Host Lies About Censorship, Raising Millions for Crockett Opponent\">video embeds<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Roughly an hour after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iranian targets were launched on Saturday, President Donald Trump posted a speech in which he announced &ldquo;major combat operations&rdquo; against the Islamic Republic and warned Iranian troops that they could &ldquo;lay down your weapons and have complete immunity &hellip; or face certain death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after talks in Geneva apparently reached an impasse. On Friday, after the talks seemed to have stalled amid a U.S. military buildup in the region, Trump said he was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c309vz0z893o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not thrilled<\/a>&rdquo; with Tehran&rsquo;s stance.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Saturday morning U.S. time &mdash; after both American and Israeli forces carried out a series of daylight strikes against targets all over Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-report-israel-strikes-iran-us-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including Tehran<\/a> &mdash; Trump posted a video recorded at Mar-a-Lago in Florida that went far beyond simply saying he wasn&rsquo;t happy with the Iranians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime &mdash; a vicious group of very hard, terrible people,&rdquo; Trump said in the eight-minute address.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted &lsquo;death to America&rsquo; and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder, targeting the United States, our troops, and the innocent people in many, many countries,&rdquo; he continued, adding that one of &ldquo;the regime&rsquo;s very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained, and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;It was Iran&rsquo;s proxy, Hamas, that launched the monstrous Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, slaughtering more than 1,000 innocent people while taking 12 of our citizens hostage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the case for the combat operations, including Iran&rsquo;s stubborn refusal to give up &mdash; or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pentagon-readies-first-kamikaze-drone-unit-middle-east-iran-peace-talks-end-no-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acknowledge the existence of<\/a> &mdash; its nuclear program, even after a June 2025 attack &ldquo;obliterated the regime&rsquo;s&rdquo; capacity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-war-israel-launches-attack-iran-explosions-rock-tehran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to produce a weapon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Iran continually waffled on it while saying that talks were going well. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-readies-first-kamikaze-drone-unit-in-the-middle-east-as-iran-peace-talks-end-with-no-resolution\/\" title=\"Pentagon Readies First Kamikaze Drone Unit in the Middle East as ... Peace ... End with No Resolution\">good progress&#038;rdquo<\/a>; had been made in the talks on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It was widely seen in the West, however, that both Iranian negotiators and Omani mediators were &ldquo;likely seeking to avert a U.S. threat to launch strikes from its fleet of aircraft and warships that have massed in the region,&rdquo; as the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/26\/trump-attack-threat-looms-as-nuclear-talks-between-us-and-iran-go-to-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>That didn&rsquo;t work. And, while the extent of the strikes is unclear as of the early Saturday U.S. time, what is clear is that the Trump administration wants regime change in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicket, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests,&rdquo; Trump said in the address.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Donald J. Trump on the United States military combat operations in Iran: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LimJmpLkgZ\">pic.twitter.com\/LimJmpLkgZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2027654336138924410?\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated. We are going to annihilate their navy. We are going to ensure that the region&rsquo;s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very simple message: They will never have a nuclear weapon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that while his administration had &ldquo;taken every possible step to minimize the risk to personnel in the region,&rdquo; there likely would be casualties.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re doing this for the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He then called upon the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the regime &mdash; and warned the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other Iranian military forces to &ldquo;lay down your weapons and have complete immunity &hellip; or face certain death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To the proud people of Iran, I say, tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Stay sheltered. Don&rsquo;t leave your home. It&rsquo;s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will probably be your only chance for generations,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;For many years, you have asked for America&rsquo;s help, but you never got it &hellip; Now you have a president who is giving you what you want. So let&rsquo;s see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>News of the attacks broke shortly after 10 a.m. Tehran time (about 4 a.m. in Washington), with explosions reported near facilities used by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei coming first, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">&#128680; Breaking: Khamenei&rsquo;s residence in Tehran destroyed &#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PoEWcWDxcW\">pic.twitter.com\/PoEWcWDxcW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrEliDavid\/status\/2027633687295070631?\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sirens and explosions had been reported all over Iran since the attack began, and they were also heard across Israel as well.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack, jointly carried out by the United States and his country, was to &ldquo;remove an existential threat&rdquo; posed by the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>But he, too, called for regime change: &ldquo;Our joint operation will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands,&rdquo; Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The strikes followed talks in Geneva that appeared to stall, and Trump had earlier said he was not satisfied with Tehran\u2019s position. In his eight-minute address, Trump said the goal was to defend Americans by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, which he characterized as a dangerous, hostile group that has long threatened the U.S., its troops, bases abroad, and its allies. He noted Iran\u2019s long history of anti-American rhetoric and its 1979 embassy takeover in Tehran, which left dozens of Americans hostage for 444 days.<\/p>\n<p>Trump argued that Iran\u2019s regional activities\u2014arming and supporting militias across Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq\u2014made the regime a direct danger, pointing to Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel as evidence of Tehran\u2019s reach. He framed the strikes as a response to Iran\u2019s stubborn refusal to abandon its nuclear program, despite previous warnings and a 2025 attack that he said had destroyed much of Iran\u2019s capability to produce a weapon. Although Tehran claimed good progress in talks, Western observers suggested negotiators and mediators were trying to avert U.S. strikes. The White House asserted that the United States is conducting a massive, ongoing operation to prevent a \u201cradical\u201d dictatorship from threatening America and its core security interests, stating that the missiles and the regime\u2019s military capabilities would be destroyed and that Iran\u2019s navy would be obliterated to prevent further destabilization by its proxies. Trump stressed that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon, warned that there could be casualties, and urged the Iranian people to rise up against the regime, telling the Revolutionary Guards to surrender or face death. He pledged U.S. support and strength for the Iranian people as they sought change.<\/p>\n<p> Shortly after the operation began, reports described explosions near facilities used by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, with sirens heard across Iran and Israel. 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