🇺🇸 U.S. Military Operations in Iran: Chief of the U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, says the American military has struck more than 5,500 targets in Iran since the start of the war while Iranian attacks have continued to decline.
"US combat power is building, Iranian combat power is declining, and we remain centered on very clear military objectives in eliminating Iran's ability to project power against Americans and against its neighbors," Cooper says in a video statement.
Cooper says American strikes destroyed the last of four Soleimani-class warships of the Iranian Navy. "That's an entire class of Iranian ships now out of the fight."
He also says heavy bombers hit a large ballistic missile manufacturing facility in Iran last night.
♟️ Western Defensive Activity: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the Royal Air Force has carried out more than 230 hours of defensive operations in the Middle East.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says Italy is supplying Gulf countries with air defense systems.
NATO is deploying a Patriot air defense battery to Malatya, Turkey, to strengthen defenses against potential Iranian missile attacks. The system is being airlifted from Ramstein Air Base in Germany and will be installed near NATO's Kürecik Radar Station.
🇺🇸 Trump Comments on the War Timeline: President Trump told Axios: "There's nothing left to target in Iran".
President Trump also says: "The war with Iran will end soon because there's practically nothing left to target. Any time I want it to end, it will end".
Despite President Trump's comments, U.S. and Israeli officials say no decision has been made to stop the fighting, and planning assumes at least two more weeks of strikes, according to Axios.
⚠️ Iranian Threats and Escalatory Statements: The Iranian General Staff, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, says the U.S. and Israel targeted one of the country's banks last night and declared that economic centers and banks belonging to the U.S. and Israel in the region have become legitimate targets.
"People in the region should not be within a one-kilometer radius of the banks," the statement adds.
The IRGC Aerospace Forces warn: "The enemy will soon face new surprises".
The Iranian General Staff also says: "The policy of mutual strikes has ended, and we will carry out continuous strikes from now on".
🔹 Reports on Mojtaba Khamenei: New Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly injured, possibly in the legs, during the first day of Israeli-U.S. attacks on February 28, according to Iranian and Israeli officials cited by The New York Times.
The extent of his injuries remains unclear.
A senior Israeli official told Reuters: "Our intelligence assessment indicates that Mojtaba Khamenei was slightly injured in the war".
⚔️ Internal Developments in Iran: Sources told Yedioth Ahronoth that Israel estimates the Iranian government will collapse, but only after the end of the war due to its consequences.
‼️ Iran's Chief of Police, Ahmadreza Radan, says: "Anyone who takes to the streets at the request of the enemy will be treated as an enemy, not as a protester".
Radan also says border guards have been instructed to respond to any aggression with gunfire.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has arrested an armed group, including a leader and five members, allegedly linked to the U.S. and Israel, and seized firearms, four ready-to-explode homemade bombs, and bomb-making equipment.
The IRGC says it has arrested three individuals on charges of disturbing public opinion and cooperating with "enemy media outlets".
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