The US and Israel have launched extensive military strikes on Iran for eight days, targeting military infrastructure and regime facilities, but President Trump has offered conflicting explanations for war objectives—from regime change to unconditional surrender demands that Iran has rejected. The campaign has killed at least 175 people in an airstrike on an Iranian school, expanded to strike Gulf states including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, and created regional instability with attacks on US embassy facilities in Baghdad and unclear escalation risks.
