Trump on Iran war:

We intended four to five weeks. It won’t be difficult.

We have tremendous amounts of ammunition… stored all over the world.

We expect casualties. Three is three too many as far as I’m concerned.

Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba.

“The president is feeling like, ‘I’m on a roll’; like, ‘This is working,’” one administration official told the Atlantic.

Hezbollah Joins the War

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a coordinated rocket and drone attack on northern Israel shortly after midnight today.

This was the group's first direct cross-border projectile strike since the November 2024 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.

The group framed the attack as “revenge for the blood of the Supreme Leader of the Muslims, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,” and as a response to what it called repeated Israeli violations in Lebanon.

The IDF confirmed rockets were launched from southern Lebanon. One was intercepted; others fell in open areas. No injuries or major damage were reported.

Within minutes, Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes across Lebanon. Targets reportedly included:
— Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahiyeh), a Hezbollah stronghold.
— Sites in southern Lebanon.
— Locations in the Bekaa Valley.
— Infrastructure and what Israel described as senior Hezbollah figures.

Israel also issued evacuation warnings to residents of nearly 50 villages in southern Lebanon.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned Hezbollah’s rocket fire as an “irresponsible and suspicious act” that risks Lebanon’s security and provides Israel justification for further strikes.

Trump to ABC News:

Iranians now reached out to me. Somebody within the Iranian government has reached out.

I probably shouldn’t tell you who it is.

He is no longer reporting to the supreme leader.

Trump on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei:

I got him before he got me.

They tried twice. Well, I got him first.

Source: ABC

Trump ignored shouted questions about Iran war and U.S. casualties and instead pointed reporters toward new statues in the Rose Garden.

“Unbelievable statues, come take a look at them.”

Senator Graham:

Cuba’s next. They’re going to fall. Their days are numbered.

The Iranian regime is about to collapse. The captain of the ship, the Ayatollah, is stone-cold dead.

Senior U.S. officials remain skeptical that the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead to regime change anytime soon.

Intelligence assessments before the strike concluded Khamenei would likely be replaced by other hardliners — possibly from the IRGC — not reformists.

Officials see no signs of military defections, considered essential for any successful uprising.

One source said IRGC leaders are unlikely to surrender because they benefit from a vast loyalty network.

Source: Reuters

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani is pushing to resume nuclear talks with the U.S. via Omani mediators.

Larijani is now overseeing Iran’s security and military response after Khamenei’s killing, though he is not formally part of the interim ruling triumvirate.

Source: WSJ

The U.S. and Israel planned to strike Iran a week earlier (Feb. 21) but delayed for weather, intelligence, and coordination reasons.

U.S. officials deny the Geneva talks were a ruse, saying they made a final offer: a 10-year enrichment moratorium plus U.S.-supplied civilian nuclear fuel.

Trump’s team warned force would follow if Iran rejected it.

Source: Axios

Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani:

We will not negotiate with the United States.

Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani:

Trump dragged the region into turmoil with “delusional ambitions” and now says he is concerned about further American casualties.

With misguided actions, he turned his self-styled slogan “America First” into “Israel First,” sacrificing American soldiers for Israel’s pursuit of power.

With new fabrications, he is once again imposing the cost of his personality cult on American troops and their families.

Today, the Iranian people are defending themselves.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine will hold a press conference Monday at 8 a.m. ET.

It will be their first joint briefing since the U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran.

CENTCOM has released additional footage of the attacks on Iran.

Iranian Professor Foad Izadi:

We are fighting the Epstein class.

They either r*pe little girls or bomb little girls.

The IDF warns that it plans to intensify its strikes on Lebanon.

BREAKING: A U.S. fighter jet has crashed in Kuwait.

The F-15 pilot ejected and survived.

Loud explosions were heard in Doha.

Source: AFP

Another video shows the crash of the U.S. F-15 jet in Kuwait.

The pilot was transported to safety by local residents, who placed him in the trunk of a car.