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US strike on Iran

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)
February 25, 2026, 6:55 am
Trump: US ‘wiped out’ Iran’s nuclear program ‘but they want to start all over again’
In State of the Union, US president vows to ‘never allow the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terror’ to acquire nukes; touts role in freeing Hamas hostages, says Gaza war ‘proceeding at very low level — it’s just about there’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 18, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 12:54 am
White House: There are many arguments for striking Iran, they’d be wise to make a deal
Trump is reportedly told military ready to launch assault as soon as Saturday, with talks making little progress; Israel on high alert, as Iran said pushing Hezbollah to join if war erupts
By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
In this handout photograph released by the US Navy on February 5, 2026, an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on February 3, 2026. (Zoe Simpson/US Navy/AFP)
February 14, 2026, 4:56 am
US readying for potential weeks-long military campaign against Iran — sources
American official says strikes could target Iranian state and security facilities, not just nuclear sites; says US fully expects Iran to retaliate, leading to back-and-forth attacks
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
February 3, 2026, 3:37 am
With US and Iran set for talks, Trump warns ‘bad things’ will happen if no deal is reached
Regime reported to fear American strike may reignite protests, imperil its rule; Israel expected to stress to Washington importance of curbs on missile program, support for proxies
By Agencies, ToI Staff, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 22, 2025 (ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP), Steve Witkoff at the White House, January 29, 2026 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci), and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on December 29, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 2, 2026, 4:13 pm
Ahead of Friday nuclear talks with Iran, Witkoff heading to Israel to meet PM, Zamir
Trump envoy reportedly to meet with Iranian FM in Istanbul after country’s president orders start of negotiations; Kremlin offers to process or store Tehran’s enriched uranium
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, in an interview that aired January 31, 2026. (Screenshot)
January 31, 2026, 11:38 pm
US ambassador to Israel says Trump not making ’empty threats’ toward Iran
Mike Huckabee tells Israeli TV that decision on US strike on Iran yet to be made; says embassy surprised by cancellation of flights to Israel; vows Turkey won’t receive F-35s
By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff
This handout picture released by the Saudi Royal Palace shows Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Salman, the second son of the reigning monarch, taking the oath as defense minister at al-Salam Royal Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on September 27, 2022. (Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP)
January 31, 2026, 7:30 pm
Report: Saudi defense minister tells US not striking Iran would ’embolden’ regime
Source tells Times of Israel that Prince Khalid bin Salman was urging Washington to have a clear plan and objectives of what it wants to achieve before taking any action
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the rubble of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant at Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site on December 3, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
January 31, 2026, 1:07 am
Satellite images indicate Iran working to salvage nuclear materials from damaged sites
Experts say new roofs at Isfahan, Natanz likely part of effort ‘to assess whether key assets, such as limited stocks of highly enriched uranium, survived the strikes’ by Israel and US
By AP and ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (left) meets with US CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper at the Israeli military's headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 24, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 24, 2026, 4:51 am
Visiting CENTCOM chief meets top IDF generals amid US military buildup in Mideast
Witkoff, Kushner also visit for talks with PM; senior Iranian official says ‘everything is on high alert’ as Islamic Republic readies for potential US attack, threatens response
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the press during a visit to the shrine of Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs on January 8, 2026. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
January 8, 2026, 9:58 pm
Iran not seeking war with Israel and US but is ‘ready for it,’ says Iranian FM amid unrest
Visiting Lebanon, Abbas Araghchi claims last year’s Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites ended in ‘extreme failure’ and if repeated ‘will face the same results’
By AP
This composite shows President Donald Trump (left) at Mar-a-Lago, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida, and Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon, Bilal Hussein)
January 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
‘Locked and loaded’: Trump and Iranian officials exchange threats over protests
US president says America would come to rescue of protesters if Tehran kills demonstrators; senior Iranian security official says protests stoked by US, Israel
By AP
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 23, 2025, 6:43 am
Hegseth fires general whose agency’s damage assessment on Iran strikes angered Trump
No reason given for dismissal of Defense Intelligence Agency chief Jeffrey Kruse, other senior officers, in Trump administration’s latest shakeup of military and intel communities
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Michelle L. Price
This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and dated July 1, 2025, shows an overview of the Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant complex in central Iran after US airstrikes. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 17, 2025, 2:39 pm
Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op
US intel assessment cited by NBC News indicates less extensive damage at Natanz and Isfahan; Trump said to have eschewed weeks-long campaign targeting 6 sites
By ToI Staff
A devotee holds portraits of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) and Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani (left) in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, on July 6, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
July 8, 2025, 8:42 am
‘We didn’t wipe them out’: Why Iran is still dangerous even after key strikes
Despite weakening of Tehran’s nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still needed to complement diplomatic efforts
By Stav Levaton
This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and dated July 1, 2025, shows an overview of the Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant complex in central Iran after US airstrikes. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 2:19 am
Pentagon assesses strikes on Iran’s nuclear program set it back by up to two years
Echoing Trump, US spokesman says facilities targeted in recent attacks ‘have been completely obliterated’ as Iranian FM states ‘the technology and knowhow is still there’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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