When the mullahs pushed too far with their nuke games and proxy slaughter squads, President Trump and our Israeli allies didn’t send strongly worded letters or beg for another worthless deal. They dropped the hammer. Operation Epic Fury – and Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion – kicked off on February 28, 2026, and turned Iran’s terror infrastructure into smoking rubble. This wasn’t some half-measure pinprick. This was precision fury from the sky, sea, and special ops, aimed at nukes, missiles, navy, and the ayatollah death cult’s top brass. From the first shot at dawn on the 28th until right now on March 1, here’s exactly how it went down, weapon by weapon, target by target. The regime that screamed “Death to America” for decades is getting the death it deserves.
The Opening Salvo – February 28, 9:45 a.m. IRST (1:15 a.m. EST)
It started with a roar. Israeli Air Force jets – around 200 of them in the biggest sortie they’ve ever flown – screamed over Iranian airspace and unloaded on more than 500 military targets. Over 1,200 bombs in the first 24 hours alone. Air defense radars, missile launchers, IRGC bases across western Iran – all turned to scrap. Simultaneous cyberattacks blanked Iranian state media and blasted apps urging the Iranian people to rise up and take their country back.
Right alongside them, American forces lit up Operation Epic Fury. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped 2,000-pound bunker-busters on fortified ballistic missile sites. Navy warships fired Tomahawk cruise missiles. HIMARS rocket systems and low-cost one-way attack drones from Task Force Scorpion Strike hammered launchers and command nodes. Long-range standoff weapons took out hardened targets the mullahs thought were safe underground. Total in the first wave: over 1,000 targets hit across the board.
The big one? Israeli jets and U.S. support turned Khamenei’s Tehran compound in the Pasteur district into a crater. The 86-year-old terror boss, his family members, and a pile of top regime scum were inside. Body recovered. Dead. Also vaporized in the opening hours: Supreme National Security Council boss Ali Shamkhani, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, IRGC commander Mohammad Pakpour, armed forces chief Abdolrahim Mousavi, and at least 40-48 senior officials total. Nine Iranian warships, including the Jamaran-class corvette, got sent to the bottom at their piers in the Gulf of Oman and elsewhere. The mullah navy that threatened shipping? Sunk before breakfast.
Iran’s response was pathetic but predictable. They lobbed dozens of ballistic missiles – Emad, Ghadr, and possibly Kheybar Shekan and Fatah-1 models – plus swarms of drones at Israel and U.S. bases across the Gulf. Targets included Tel Aviv, Haifa, and bases in Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. Most got swatted down, but a few got through: a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, Israel, took a direct hit, killing nine and wounding dozens. Dubai airport damaged, Burj Al Arab and other hotels hit, ports and airfields rocked. Strait of Hormuz closed, tankers stalled, oil shipments disrupted. First American casualties: three U.S. service members killed, five seriously wounded in the barrage on Gulf bases. Iranian Red Crescent numbers: over 130 of their own dead, hundreds wounded, including civilians near military sites.
Day One Escalation – Afternoon and Evening of February 28
Strikes kept rolling. U.S. and Israeli forces expanded to Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah, and Bushehr. More missile production plants and airfields flattened. Iran fired fresh salvos – another 35 missiles in barrages toward Israel by mid-morning EST. Houthis jumped back in, resuming Red Sea attacks. IRGC tried claiming hits on the USS Abraham Lincoln – total lie, denied flat out. By nightfall, nine warships confirmed sunk, hundreds of missile launchers destroyed, and the regime’s command structure decapitated.
March 1: The Heart of Tehran Gets It – Morning into Afternoon
Sun wasn’t even fully up when Israel launched the next wave straight into central Tehran. “Heart of Tehran,” they called it. F-4 and F-5 jets on the ground wrecked, HQ-9 air defenses knocked offline, General Staff of internal security forces leveled, Thar-Allah Headquarters gone. State radio and TV headquarters, Revolutionary Court, offices near Azadi Stadium and Milad Tower – all pounded. Additional U.S. strikes on remaining missile sites and naval assets. B-2s and Tomahawks again in the mix where needed.
Iran kept swinging wildly: more drones and missiles at Gulf targets, Erbil airport in Iraq, residential areas in Qatar and Kuwait, even a tanker off Oman. Dubai and Abu Dhabi took fresh hits – fires at hotels and ports. Another school near a base in Minab got caught in the crossfire, casualties climbing past 100 there alone. Total Iranian dead now pushing 200, their own numbers. U.S. losses steady at three killed. Israel reporting nine to 12 dead from the missile that got through.
As of right now – March 1, late afternoon EST – combat operations are still rolling. President Trump made it crystal clear: this continues through the week, or as long as it takes to finish the job. Objectives locked in – no Iranian nuke, missile program razed, navy annihilated, proxies neutered, and the regime given every chance to collapse from within. Over 1,000 targets already smashed. Leadership council in Tehran scrambling, internet blacked out, airspace closed. Iranian people split between mourning rallies and quiet celebrations in the streets.
This is what real strength looks like. No more funding terror with sanctions relief. No more watching proxies kill Americans while the mullahs hide in bunkers. America and Israel drew the line and erased it – along with the worst of the worst. The regime that spent decades exporting death is now importing it, big time. The Iranian people have their shot at freedom if they’re smart enough to take it. Epic Fury isn’t over, but the outcome already is: the terror masters are on the run, their toys are broken, and America First is winning the way it’s supposed to – decisively, overwhelmingly, and without apology. Keep watching. The best part’s still coming.