Israel stands before you today, having acted with the United States to confront and stop an existential threat before it became irreversible.

The operation targets nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile sites — the machinery of repression that fuels terror across our region.

We did not act of impulse. We did not act of aggression. We acted out of necessity because the Iranian regime left no reasonable alternative.

This joint effort will continue for as long as the threat remains.

This is a regime that destabilizes wherever it reaches.

It spreads violence outward while crushing freedom at home. It is not reacting. It is expanding.

It is a machinery of radicalism that does not recognize borders.

We will not be played.

It's simple what they were planning: they were building the means to corner us, to force an irreversible reality with our backs against the wall.

That is not a future Israel will accept. No responsible nation should.

Now let me address the brave people of Iran:

You are not our enemies. This operation is not directed at you. It is directed at a regime that has silenced you, imprisoned you, and invested in missiles and uranium while your economy suffers. You deserve better.

It is this regime, the Basij, the Revolutionary Guard, who have dragged your country into isolation.

The world does not fear a free Iran. It fears a radical regime harmed with nuclear weapons and driven by extremism.

Your future should not be defined by those who chant for death.

As President Trump has said, "The Iranian people deserve dignity, security, and the chance to shape their own destiny."

We are thinking about you. You are seen. You are not alone. The future of Iran belongs to its people.