{"id":201933,"date":"2026-03-01T01:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/what-to-know-about-the-u-s-israel-attacks-on-iran-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T01:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:56:25","slug":"what-to-know-about-the-u-s-israel-attacks-on-iran-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/what-to-know-about-the-u-s-israel-attacks-on-iran-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran – PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday\u00a0in what President Donald Trump said was a massive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nuclear weapon. He urged Iranians to “take over your government.”
Iran launched counterattacks, firing drones and missiles at Israel and strikes aimed at U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The exchanges of fire continued into the night. Iranian state media, citing the Red Crescent, said on Saturday evening that at least 201 people had been killed and more than 700 injured.
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The strikes came two days after the latest U.S.-Iran talks as Trump had pressured Tehran for a deal to constrain its nuclear program, building up a fleet of American warships in the region. Iran’s theocracy also has been\u00a0struggling\u00a0with\u00a0growing dissent\u00a0following\u00a0nationwide protests\u00a0that began over the economy but turned into anti-government ones.
The U.S. military said it was looking into reports of civilians killed in Iran in Saturday’s strikes. More than 80 people were reported killed and dozens wounded at a girls’ school in the south, the local governor told Iranian state TV.
Israel said it had worked with the U.S. for months to plan the attacks. The U.S. military said targets in Iran included Revolutionary Guard command facilities, air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and military airfields.
One of the first strikes hit near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Later Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised address that there were “growing signs” that Khamenei had been killed.
The 86-year-old\u00a0Khamenei\u00a0has ruled since 1989 and holds ultimate power.
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Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are alive “as far as I know.”
The U.S. and Israel also struck Iran last June during earlier nuclear talks, greatly weakening Iran’s air defenses, military leadership and nuclear program.
The Trump administration has asserted that Iran had been rebuilding its nuclear program, which Tehran has insisted is for peaceful purposes.
Iran responded Saturday by launching missiles and drones\u00a0targeting Israel\u00a0and strikes targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
About 12 hours after the attacks began, the U.S. military reported no U.S. casualties and minimal damage at U.S. bases despite “hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks.”
Israel’s military said Iran fired “dozens” of missiles at Israel, with many intercepted. Emergency responder Magen David Adom noted 89 “lightly injured” people.
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Saudi Arabia said Iran had targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled. Bahrain said a missile attack targeted the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in the island kingdom, and three buildings were damaged in the capital, Manama, and Muharraq city by drone strikes and debris from an intercepted missile.
Kuwait’s civil aviation authority said a drone targeted the main international airport, injuring several employees. Kuwait’s state-run news agency said three troops were injured by shrapnel from strikes that hit Ali Al-Salem air base. Explosions could also be heard in Qatar. Jordan said it “dealt with” 49 drones and ballistic missiles.
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, meanwhile, have vowed to resume attacks on Red Sea shipping routes and on Israel, according to two senior Houthi officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement from leadership.
In an 8-minute video on social media, Trump announced “major combat operations” and indicated the U.S. was striking for reasons far beyond Iran’s nuclear program. He listed grievances stretching back to the beginning of the Islamic Republic following a revolution in 1979 that turned Iran from one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East into a foe.