U.S.-Israel strike Iran: What really happened| Explained

Two days ago, American and Iranian

diplomats were sitting across a table in

Geneva trying to prevent a war. And this

morning, the bombs were already falling.

This morning, the United States and

[music] Israel are bombing Iran. Smoke

is rising over Tehran. Air raid sirens

are going off across Israel. And this is

not, according to US military planners,

a one night operation. Officials have

described it as a weeks of sustained

strikes. And this is war.

[music]

US President Donald Trump just posted a

video on Truth Social in the middle of

the night telling Iranian people, "The

hour of your freedom is at hand."

>> Finally, to the great proud people of

Iran, I say tonight that the hour of

your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered.

Don't leave your home. It's very

dangerous outside. Bombs will be

dropping everywhere. When we are

finished, take over your government. It

will be yours to take. This will be

probably your only chance for

generations.

>> Israel's Netanyahu called it operation

lion's roar. The US military is calling

it operation epic fury. [music]

Explosions rocked Tehran, Isvahan, Kum,

Kuraj, and Kman. Seven missiles hit the

district in Iranian capital where

Supreme Leader Ali [music] Kmin normally

resides. He has reportedly been moved to

a secure location though. Iran head back

fast. Missiles and drones were heading

[music] toward Israel. Explosions were

reported in Bahrain where US bases are

located. Abu Dhabi, Qatar. The whole

Gulf is on fire. Airlines are grounding

flights. Airspace is shut. To understand

why we are here, you have to understand

one thing, and that is Iran's nuclear

program. For decades, this has been the

defining flash point between Iran and

the West. Iran insists its program is

civilian for energy, for research. But

for just as long, Western intelligent

agencies have suspected something far

more dangerous. Iran was refining

[music] uranium to a level of purity

just one small step away from what you

need to build a weapon. And it was

stockpiling that material fast, 50% more

in just 3 months. US defense analysis

ran the numbers and reached a conclusion

that stopped people cold. If Iran

[music] decided today that it wanted to

build a nuclear bomb, it had enough

material to do it in [music] less than

one week. In June 2025, Israel launched

attacks against Iran and the US joined

hitting the nuclear facilities at Fodo,

Natans and Isfahan in what Pentagon

called operation midnight hammer. The

message was clear. Stop enriching

uranium or face the consequences. Iran

didn't stop. Iran kept enriching

uranium. Talks resumed. They kept

stalling, collapsing again, restarting.

And recently, days ago, Geneva hosted

the latest round of talks. The gap

between the two sides were never really

bridged. [music] And now we are here.

And here's what makes this moment

different from every [music] previous

Iran crisis. The timing is deliberate.

Iran today is more isolated than at any

point since 1979. Iran isn't just facing

pressure from [music] the outside. It is

already breaking with him. Iran's

regional network, the so-called axis of

resistance that gave its strategic depth

across Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, and Iraq,

has been systematically dismantled over

the past 2 years. Hezbollah is a shadow

of its former self. Hamas has been

decimated. The Houthis have been beaten

back. Iran's deterrans its ability to

threaten retaliation through proxies is

[music] weaker than it has been in

decades. At the same time, the US

military was already in position to

carry its right groups. hundreds of

[music] fighter jets, longrange bombers.

The Pentagon had quietly assembled the

largest American military presence in

West Asia in years. The infrastructure

for the strike was in place long before

today. And Trump on February 13 publicly

said that [music] regime change in Iran

would be the best thing that could

happen. Clearly deciding the window was

spoken.

>> You want regime change in Iran?

>> Well, it's seems like that would be the

best thing that could happen. For 47

years, they've been talking and talking

and talking. In the meantime, we've lost

a lot of lives while they talk and legs

blown off, arms blown off, faces blown

off. This has been going on for a long

time. So, let's see what happens.

>> But what happens next is unclear. Iran

is weakened, but not defenseless. Then

there is straight of Homos, a narrow

waterway through which 20% of world's

oil passes every single day. If Iran

closes it, every [music] country on

earth will feel it. And nobody has

answered the biggest question of all. Is

this about [music] destroying a nuclear

program or toppling a regime? Beijing is

watching. India is watching. Nobody

knows how this will [music] end. But

what started this morning will define

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