While US-Israeli strikes have taken out senior Iranian officials, commanders and military capabilities, Tehran is refusing to back down
The US-Israeli war against Iran has been raging for over two weeks now, with US President Donald Trump sending out seemingly contradictory messages as to his objectives and timeline for the conflict.
The Republican at one point predicted that the conflict would be over in a matter of weeks, claiming that the Islamic Republic was on its last legs and that the US had already “won.” Days later, Trump said that “we’re not leaving until that job is finished.”
The war began on February 28, when the US and Israeli militaries launched massive airstrikes on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of senior Iranian commanders. In the intervening days, aerial attacks have apparently destroyed at least some of Tehran’s military capabilities.
According to the Iranian authorities, more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in those strikes. On the first day of the US-Israeli military campaign alone, a suspected US Tomahawk cruise missile struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school, killing at least 175 people, most of them children.
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