As Washington and Tehran trade strikes in the aftermath of Operation Epic Fury, attention has turned to comments made just days before the offensive by former CIA officer John Kiriakou, who publicly suggested that a US attack on Iran was imminent.
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched what President Donald Trump described as “major combat operations” targeting Iran’s missile and nuclear infrastructure. Posting on Truth Social, Trump declared: “we are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” adding that the objective was to “ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.”
