{"id":313795,"date":"2026-03-02T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=313795"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:23:22","slug":"trump-declares-war-major-us-military-combat-operations-begin-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/03\/trump-declares-war-major-us-military-combat-operations-begin-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP DECLARES WAR: Major US Military Combat Operations Begin in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>28 Feb 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Trump has announced the commencement of major U.S. military combat operations against Iran, citing an &#8220;imminent threat&#8221; to American national security and global allies. In a prime-time address, he confirmed that the U.S. military is currently engaged in a massive operation to dismantle Iran\u2019s nuclear infrastructure, neutralize its naval capabilities, and destroy its long-range missile industry. He issued a direct ultimatum to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to surrender or face &#8220;certain death.&#8221; As U.S. forces engage targets across the region, Trump also called upon the Iranian people to seize their &#8220;hour of freedom&#8221; and reclaim their government.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TRUMP DECLARES WAR: Major US Military Combat Operations Begin in Iran (LIVE)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoWcDtBzzus?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>TRANSCEND VIDEOS <\/em>STAY POSTED FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE BEING ARCHIVED<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 Feb 2026 &#8211; Trump&#8217;s announcements: major U.S. military combat against Iran as &#8220;imminent threat&#8221; to US national security and global allies. The U.S. military is currently engaged in a massive operation to dismantle Iran\u2019s nuclear infrastructure, neutralize its naval capabilities, and destroy its long-range missile industry. Ultimatum to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard: surrender or face &#8220;certain death.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[431],"tags":[417,100,3281,950,742,88,3925,767,475,2571,3924,818,1190,2159,880,99,249,2200,70,481,886],"class_list":["post-313795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcend-videos","tag-bullying","tag-direct-violence","tag-evil-empire","tag-invasion","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-khamenei","tag-middle-east","tag-netanyahu","tag-official-lies-and-narratives","tag-peace-hoax","tag-proxy-war","tag-regime-change","tag-rogue-states","tag-state-terrorism","tag-structural-violence","tag-trump","tag-us-empire","tag-usa","tag-warfare","tag-zionism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313795"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313802,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313795\/revisions\/313802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}