{"id":52357,"date":"2026-02-28T06:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=52357"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:44:57","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-hopeful-donald-trump-just-screwed-the-pooch-big-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=52357","title":{"rendered":"

Nobel Peace Prize hopeful Donald Trump just screwed the pooch—BIG TIME!!!<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Traces of an air defense missile interception are seen
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The Iranian military has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel after the Jewish state and the US attacked the Islamic Republic, although the extent of the damage remains unclear.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the country had carried out a\u00a0\u201cpreemptive strike\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on Iran\u00a0\u201cto remove threats against the State of Israel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump later confirmed that American forces are participating, while vowing to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program,\u00a0\u201craze [Iranian] missile industry,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cannihilate their navy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tehran maintains it does not seek nuclear weapons, insisting its research program is for peaceful purposes only.<\/p>\n

Following the US-Israeli attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported several waves of missiles\u00a0\u201claunched from Iran toward the State of Israel.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The military said air defenses were working to intercept the projectiles but cautioned that protection\u00a0\u201cis not hermetic,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0urging the public to seek shelter when sirens sound. The IDF also called on citizens not to share footage or disclose the locations of impacts.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite branch of Tehran\u2019s military, confirmed that the strikes are ongoing, saying that\u00a0\u201cin response to the aggression of the hostile and criminal enemy\u2026 the first wave of extensive missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the occupied territories has begun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Israeli authorities have said there have been no reports of injuries, with media indicating that one Iranian missile had hit an open area in the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n

In addition to Israel, explosions have been heard in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait, which all host US military assets. An unnamed Iranian official told Al Jazeera that\u00a0\u201call American and Israeli assets and interests in the Middle East have become a legitimate target,\u201d adding that \u201cthere are no red lines after this aggression.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The recent escalation comes after the US-Iran nuclear talks failed to deliver a breakthrough, with Trump saying that he was\u00a0\u201cnot happy\u201d<\/em>\u00a0with the negotiations. Iran maintains its nuclear program serves peaceful purposes only while warning that a broad regional conflict will have major repercussions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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