The United States and Israel struck Iran in a major operationthat President Donald Trump said was aimed at toppling the Iranian government. U.S. military forces hit Iranian missile sites, its air defense systems, and command and control centers for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, U.S. Central Command said in its first official statement since the strikes began early Saturday. Top commanders at Iran’s main intelligence agency were targeted by Western airstrikes on Saturday, inducing panic in the security agency’s ranks, a senior Western security official told The Washington Post. Trump, who announced the start of “major combat operations,” said in a brief phone interview with The Postthat his goal is “freedom for the people” of Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the joint attack would last “as long as needed.” U.S. forces appeared focused on taking out Iranian military targets, while the Israeli strikes targeted regime sites, people familiar with the matter told The Post.
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