U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s Address to the Nation will begin in roughly 20 minutes, at 9:00PM EST.

Air defenses are actively engaged with defending against an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack against the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney states that he spoke earlier tonight with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, congratulating him on the successful launch of Artemis II, while discussing the courage of the astronauts, including Colonel Jeremy Hansen, the value of cooperation in space, and developments in the Middle East.

Interceptions reported over Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Tonight’s Address to the Nation on the Iran War by U.S. President Donald J. Trump has now begun.

President Trump: “Iran wanted to produce as many missiles as possible, and they did, with the longest range possible. And they had some weapons that nobody believed they had. We just learned that out. We took them out. We took them all out so that no one would really dare stop them.”

President Trump: “Thanks to the progress we've made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly, very shortly. We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s Address to the Nation regarding the Iran War has now ended without any major announcements.

Oil prices surge following tonight’s address by U.S. President Donald J. Trump regarding the Iran War, with Crude Oil WTI surpassing $103 per barrel while Brent Crude Oil approaches $106.

President Trump did not criticize NATO or announce the deployment of ground troops to Iran during tonight’s Address to the Nation.

Video footage showing an alleged Iranian ballistic missile impact during the start of Operation Epic Fury, overnight on February 28, against Naval Support Activity Bahrain, the home of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet Headquarters, located within the Kingdom of Bahrain’s capital Manama on Awal Island in the Persian Gulf.

Post tonight by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stating: “Back to the Stone Age.” Parroting a phrase said today by President Trump in his Address to the Nation and in a post on TruthSocial, in which he threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages!!!”

Significant strikes reported over the last two hours against the Iranian capital of Tehran and nearby city of Karaj, with residents reporting dozens of explosions across Northern Iran.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published video showing continued strikes against missile, drone, and naval infrastructure across Iran.

The UAE Ministry of Defense has published today's daily report stating that air defenses have engaged 19 ballistic missiles and 26 one-way attack drones over the last 24 hours launched by Iran at the United Arab Emirates (UAE).