Revision History

As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran enters its second week with over 3,000 targets struck and more than 1,300 Iranians killed, President Trump has claimed the destruction of 42 Iranian naval vessels — a figure exceeding CENTCOM's confirmed count of over 30 — while openly signaling Cuba as his next target for regime change. The conflict continues to widen, with Russia providing Iran satellite intelligence, oil prices spiking 36 percent, and Trump declaring he need not insist on democracy for Iran's next government, only a leader who treats the U.S. and Israel "fairly."

Nine days into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has killed over 1,230 Iranians, closed the Strait of Hormuz, and drawn Russian intelligence support for Tehran. As Trump declares he must be "involved" in picking Iran's next supreme leader — calling Khamenei's son Mojtaba "unacceptable" — a historical record stretching from the 1953 Iranian coup to the 2003 Iraq invasion and the January 2026 Venezuela intervention raises urgent questions about whether American-imposed regime change has ever delivered the stability its architects promised.

Nine days into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has set Kuwait City ablaze, drawn Russian satellite intelligence into the fight, and foreclosed diplomacy after Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender." With oil surging past $90 a barrel, Iran's Assembly of Experts racing to name a new supreme leader, and Iranian drones striking civilian towers across the Gulf, the conflict is metastasizing far beyond its original theater — and no off-ramp is in sight.

Eight days into Operation Epic Fury, the largest U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran in history, President Trump has rejected diplomacy and demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender" while Russia has begun providing Tehran with targeting intelligence on American forces — a dramatic escalation that now pits two nuclear-armed powers on opposite sides of the conflict. With over 3,000 targets struck, more than 1,230 Iranians killed, Tehran's Mehrabad Airport ablaze, and crude oil surging past $80 a barrel, the war continues to widen with no end in sight.

One week into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has killed over 1,000 Iranians, sunk a warship in the Indian Ocean, reopened a front in Lebanon, and drawn Iran's fire against at least nine countries — while both chambers of Congress voted to let President Trump continue fighting without explicit authorization. As Trump urges Iranian Kurdish groups to open a ground front and claims a role in choosing Iran's next leader, the conflict's scope and duration continue to expand far beyond its architects' initial projections.

Five days into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran has killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, destroyed nuclear facilities, and sunk an Iranian warship — but the conflict is expanding faster than its architects anticipated. As Iran widens retaliatory strikes against Gulf states and a British base in Cyprus, the Senate has voted down a war powers resolution to constrain the president, while Trump's own advisers privately worry about a war with no clear endgame, shifting public justifications, and an expanding timeline that has already stretched from "days" to a possible eight weeks.

Beginning February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against Iran — codenamed Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion — targeting nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and senior leadership, including the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. As the conflict enters its fifth day with over 1,000 dead in Iran, six U.S. service members killed, the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, and oil prices surging, the war has triggered a constitutional clash in Congress, a leadership vacuum in Tehran, and a global economic shock whose consequences are only beginning to unfold.