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Trump: 48 Iranian ‘leaders’ killed in US attack on Iran, operation is ‘ahead of schedule’
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US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026. (AP Photo/ Matt Rourke)
US President Donald Trump says 48 Iranian leaders have been killed in the ongoing US-Israeli strikes on the country.
“Nobody can believe the success we’re having, 48 leaders are gone in one shot. And it’s moving along rapidly,” Trump was quoted as saying in an interview with Fox News.
In a separate interview with CNBC, he says the US operation in Iran is “ahead of schedule.”
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