Sunset 3-13- (eight years ago)

Trump: "We're achieving major strides toward completing our military objective," he said. "And some people could say they're pretty well complete. We've wiped every single force in Iran out very completely."

The White House reports that Operation Epic Fury knocked out Iran's military command structure, air defenses, missile production capacity, and naval fleet. Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on February 28.

The operation followed Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025, which targeted Iran's core nuclear facilities. Administration officials said Iran had since moved to rebuild its nuclear program and, across three rounds of talks in February 2026, refused to accept a zero-enrichment standard.

Trump said, "But I felt it was something we had to do. I didn't feel we had a choice. If we didn't do it, they would have done it to us."

Good Night, Patriots!