US and Israel launch strikes on Iran, as Trump says ‘massive’ campaign underway

(Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand, Karina Tsui – CNN) The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran Saturday morning, a major escalation following weeks of negotiations between US and Iranian officials over the country’s nuclear program. President Donald Trump confirmed in a video posted to social media that the United States had begun a “massive and ongoing” military campaign in Iran, “to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.”. “We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” Trump said. Iran has long maintained that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. Iran’s state media said the country is preparing for a “a crushing response” to the attacks. – US and Israel launch strikes on Iran, as Trump says ‘massive’ campaign underway | CNN