Israel and the US launched strikes against Iran as Donald Trump declared the start of ‘major combat operations’ and called on Iranians to rise up against their government.
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The US president’s comments came soon after explosions were heard across central Tehran. One apparent strike hit near the offices of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran was preparing a ‘crushing retaliation’, an Iranian official told Reuters
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