This weekend, President Donald Trump launched Operation Epic Fury — major precision strikes against Iran in close coordination with Israel. It is the direct follow-up to last summer’s Operation Midnight Hammer, which crippled Iran’s primary nuclear facilities. There are no American boots on the ground.

These are targeted strikes on nuclear infrastructure, missile factories, naval assets, IRGC command nodes, and key regime sites — nothing more, nothing less. Israeli intelligence enabled additional precision hits on Iranian leadership targets; multiple senior IRGC commanders were killed and Israeli media report “growing indications” that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself was struck in a direct attack on his compound.

Iran enters this fight already weakened by Midnight Hammer. Its population is emboldened, the region has turned its back on the regime, and the combined might of U.S. and Israeli forces stands positioned to finish the job.

This is not an imperialistic war. It is a strategic strike with a singular purpose: to stop Iran’s race........

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