'Surrender or face death', Trump tells IRGC as US, Israel launch 'major combat operations' in Iran

President Donald Trump on Saturday said the U.S. has begun “major combat operations in Iran” after Israel launched strikes.

In a video posted on Truth Social, Trump said the objective is to defend the U.S. by “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.”

“The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests,” Trump said.

. “We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.”

According to the US President, Iran had been working to rebuild its nuclear program damaged in the US bombing in June 2025.

“They rejected every opportunity to reach their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore,” he said.

"It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say it again, they can never have a nuclear weapon," he said.