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  • 杭州两只大熊猫接连死亡


    2026-02-28T23:41:00.000Z / 联合早报

    中国浙江省杭州市两只大熊猫接连死亡,原因分别是肠梗阻与肠系膜扭转。

    据中新社报道,杭州市林业水利局、中国大熊猫保护研究中心、成都大熊猫繁育研究基地星期六(2月28日)发布公告称,杭州野生动物世界大熊猫“半半”与杭州动物园大熊猫“香果”因病救治无效,先后于2月9日、10日死亡。

    事件发生后,相关部门迅速成立专家工作组对死因开展调查。经尸检化验,确定两只大熊猫的死亡原因分别为肠梗阻和肠系膜扭转引发多器官功能衰竭。

    通报称,肠梗阻和肠系膜扭转均为大熊猫消化道急腹症,致死率分别高达60%和100%,属圈养大熊猫死亡重大疾病。

    相关部门将对两家动物园展开进一步调查,并责令杭州野生动物世界、杭州动物园熊猫馆从即日起闭馆整改。为确保另外两只大熊猫“壹壹”和“春生”的身体健康,相关部门已将它们分别运返中国大熊猫保护研究中心和成都大熊猫繁育研究基地。

    杭州两只大熊猫接连死亡

    2026-02-28T23:41:00.000Z / 联合早报

    中国浙江省杭州市两只大熊猫接连死亡,原因分别是肠梗阻与肠系膜扭转。

    据中新社报道,杭州市林业水利局、中国大熊猫保护研究中心、成都大熊猫繁育研究基地星期六(2月28日)发布公告称,杭州野生动物世界大熊猫“半半”与杭州动物园大熊猫“香果”因病救治无效,先后于2月9日、10日死亡。

    事件发生后,相关部门迅速成立专家工作组对死因开展调查。经尸检化验,确定两只大熊猫的死亡原因分别为肠梗阻和肠系膜扭转引发多器官功能衰竭。

    通报称,肠梗阻和肠系膜扭转均为大熊猫消化道急腹症,致死率分别高达60%和100%,属圈养大熊猫死亡重大疾病。

    相关部门将对两家动物园展开进一步调查,并责令杭州野生动物世界、杭州动物园熊猫馆从即日起闭馆整改。为确保另外两只大熊猫“壹壹”和“春生”的身体健康,相关部门已将它们分别运返中国大熊猫保护研究中心和成都大熊猫繁育研究基地。

  • OpenAI 详述与美国国防部协议中的分层保护措施


    2026年2月28日 23:05 UTC / 路透社

    OpenAI 标志在这张2024年5月20日拍摄的插图中出现。路透社/Dado Ruvic/插图/档案照片

    • 摘要
    • 公司
    • OpenAI 与五角大楼的协议包含额外保障措施
    • OpenAI 的合同为人工智能使用设定三条红线
    • 协议禁止人工智能用于自主武器系统
    • OpenAI 表示反对将 Anthropic 标记为供应链风险

    2月28日(路透社)- OpenAI 周六表示,其与五角大楼在前一天达成的将技术部署到美国国防部机密网络的协议,包含额外的保障措施以保护其应用场景。

    美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周五指示政府停止与 Anthropic 合作,并表示五角大楼将宣布这家初创公司为供应链风险,这一决定在关于技术护栏的对峙之后,对这家人工智能实验室造成重大打击。Anthropic 表示将在法庭上挑战任何风险认定。

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    OpenAI 周六表示:“我们认为我们的协议比之前任何机密人工智能部署协议(包括 Anthropic 的)都有更多的护栏。”

    该人工智能公司称,与特朗普政府已更名为“战争部”的国防部的合同设定了三条红线:OpenAI 技术不得用于大规模国内监控、指挥自主武器系统或任何高风险自动决策。

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    五角大楼去年与主要人工智能实验室(包括 Anthropic、OpenAI 和谷歌)签署了每份最高达2亿美元的协议。五角大楼正寻求在国防方面保持所有灵活性,不受技术开发者关于用不可靠人工智能驱动武器的警告限制。

    OpenAI 警告称,美国政府任何违反合同的行为都可能触发终止条款,尽管它补充道:“我们不期望这种情况发生。”

    该公司还表示,竞争对手 Anthropic 不应被标记为“供应链风险”,并指出:“我们已向政府明确表达了这一立场。”

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    OpenAI details layered protections in US defense department pact

    February 28, 2026 11:05 PM UTC / Reuters

    OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

    • Summary
    • Companies
    • OpenAI’s deal with Pentagon includes additional safeguards
    • OpenAI’s contract enforces three red lines for AI use
    • Agreement prohibits AI use for autonomous weapons systems
    • OpenAI says opposes labeling Anthropic as a supply chain risk

    Feb 28 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Saturday that the agreement it struck a day ago with the Pentagon to deploy technology on the U.S. defense department’s classified network includes additional safeguards to protect its use cases.

    U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday directed the government to stop working with Anthropic, and the Pentagon said it would declare the startup a supply-chain risk, dealing a major blow to the artificial intelligence lab after a showdown about technology guardrails. Anthropic said it would challenge any risk designation in court.

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    Soon after, rival OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft , Amazon , SoftBank and others, announced its own deal late on Friday.

    “We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic’s,” OpenAI said on Saturday.

    The AI firm said that the contract with the Department of Defense, which the Trump administration has renamed the Department of War, enforces three red lines: OpenAI technology cannot be used for mass domestic surveillance, to direct autonomous weapons systems, or for any high-stakes automated decisions.

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    “In our agreement, we protect our red lines through a more expansive, multi-layered approach. We retain full discretion over our safety stack, we deploy via cloud, cleared OpenAI personnel are in the loop, and we have strong contractual protections,” OpenAI said.

    The Pentagon signed agreements worth up to $200 million each with major AI labs in the past year, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. The Pentagon is seeking to preserve all flexibility in defense and not be limited by warnings from the technology’s creators against powering weapons with unreliable AI.

    OpenAI cautioned that any breach of its contract by the U.S. government could trigger a termination, though it added, “We don’t expect that to happen.”

    The company also said rival Anthropic should not be labeled a “supply-chain risk,” noting, “We have made our position on this clear to the government.”

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    Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Mexico City and Ananya Palyekar in Bangalore; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Andrea Ricci

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  • 国际特稿:高市上台日本政治向右转 百万华侨此心何处可安放?


    符祝慧 东京特派员 / 2026年3月1日 05:00

    近些年移民政策松绑与地缘政治波动,推动日本进入“百万华侨”时代。日本媒体调查显示,华人新老移民的足迹已遍布日本全境,预计总人数今年将突破100万大关。随着日本大选高市早苗领导的保守派大胜,移民与永久居留权收紧,导致新移民在“跳板”与“安家”之间摇摆,老华侨则在身份认同与睦邻智慧中寻找平衡。面对政策风向的转变与中日关系的恶化,旅日华人再次面临抉择。

    (插图/何汉聪)

    美国特朗普政府收紧对移民的限制,使得地理位置相近、文化隔阂相对较小的日本,成了不少中国人实现“移居梦”的中转站或目的地。

    数据显示,截至去年,旅居日本的外国人总数已达395万,其中中国籍的居民首次突破90万。根据《日本经济新闻》记者撰写的《日本华侨进入100万人时代》一书,在日本全境1741个市町村当中,1603个登记有华人居民。东京23个区几乎都有华人定居,丰岛区和新宿区更是华人聚居的核心地带,有24万人之众。

    华人居民激增,与日本政府2018年修订《出入境管理及难民认定法》后推出“经营管理签证”(原称商务管理签证)有很大关系。已故前首相安倍晋三的政府推出这个签证,初衷是吸引外国资本。申请者只须在日本设立公司并投入500万日元(约4万新元)注册资本,就能获得长期居留资格。冠病疫情后,日元大幅贬值,这个签证成了世界上少见门槛低、性价比高的投资移民计划。

    国际特稿:高市上台日本政治向右转 百万华侨此心何处可安放?

    符祝慧 东京特派员 / 2026年3月1日 05:00

    近些年移民政策松绑与地缘政治波动,推动日本进入“百万华侨”时代。日本媒体调查显示,华人新老移民的足迹已遍布日本全境,预计总人数今年将突破100万大关。随着日本大选高市早苗领导的保守派大胜,移民与永久居留权收紧,导致新移民在“跳板”与“安家”之间摇摆,老华侨则在身份认同与睦邻智慧中寻找平衡。面对政策风向的转变与中日关系的恶化,旅日华人再次面临抉择。

    (插图/何汉聪)

    美国特朗普政府收紧对移民的限制,使得地理位置相近、文化隔阂相对较小的日本,成了不少中国人实现“移居梦”的中转站或目的地。

    数据显示,截至去年,旅居日本的外国人总数已达395万,其中中国籍的居民首次突破90万。根据《日本经济新闻》记者撰写的《日本华侨进入100万人时代》一书,在日本全境1741个市町村当中,1603个登记有华人居民。东京23个区几乎都有华人定居,丰岛区和新宿区更是华人聚居的核心地带,有24万人之众。

    华人居民激增,与日本政府2018年修订《出入境管理及难民认定法》后推出“经营管理签证”(原称商务管理签证)有很大关系。已故前首相安倍晋三的政府推出这个签证,初衷是吸引外国资本。申请者只须在日本设立公司并投入500万日元(约4万新元)注册资本,就能获得长期居留资格。冠病疫情后,日元大幅贬值,这个签证成了世界上少见门槛低、性价比高的投资移民计划。

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    特朗普:伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊在袭击中身亡

    发布/2026年3月1日 06:42

    在美国弗吉尼亚州维也纳的伊朗裔美国人,在得知伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊身亡的消息后,彼此相拥。 (路透社)

    美国总统特朗普称,伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊已在袭击中身亡。

    法新社报道,特朗普星期六(2月28日)在社媒发文说:“哈梅内伊,历史上最邪恶的人之一,死了。这不仅是对伊朗人民的正义,也是对所有伟大的美国人以及世界各地被哈梅内伊及他嗜血暴徒杀害或残害的人们的正义。”

    特朗普称,哈梅内伊无法逃脱美国的情报和高度精密的追踪系统,加上美国与以色列密切合作,“哈梅内伊和与一同被杀的其他领导人都无计可施”。

    他说:“这是伊朗人民夺回国家的最佳机会。我们听说,许多伊斯兰革命卫队、军队以及其他安全和警察部队成员不再想战斗,并寻求我们的豁免权……但愿伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队和警察能够与伊朗爱国者团结一致,共同努力,使国家重回应有的辉煌。这一进程应该很快就会启动,因为不仅哈梅内伊身亡,整个国家也在短短一天之内遭受重创,甚至可以说是彻底毁灭。”

    不过,特朗普称,将继续发动袭击,预计持续一周,“或者直到实现我们在中东乃至全世界实现和平的目标为止”。

    伊朗方面尚未证实哈梅内伊的死讯。

    路透社报道称,目击者星期天(3月1日)称,特朗普宣布哈梅内伊的死讯后,一些伊朗民众在德黑兰及其他几个城市的街头庆祝。

  • 臭名昭著的贩毒集团头目“El Mencho”遗体被墨西哥当局交还家属


    2026年2月28日 / 美国东部时间下午4:19 / CBS新闻

    墨西哥总检察长办公室周六表示,上周在一次军事行动中被击毙的臭名昭著的贩毒集团头目“El Mencho”的遗体已被交还给其家属。

    官员称,悬赏1500万美元捉拿的内梅西奥·鲁文·奥塞古拉·塞万提斯(Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes)在哈利斯科州被墨西哥安全部队击伤,在被空运至墨西哥城途中死亡。这位领导着强大的哈利斯科新一代贩毒集团(Jalisco New Generation Cartel)的“El Mencho”之死,引发了该贩毒集团在墨西哥大片地区的暴力活动,造成数十人死亡,其中包括25名墨西哥国民警卫队成员。

    墨西哥总检察长办公室在周六发布的声明中表示,他们进行了基因检测,以将贩毒集团头目遗体与申请接收遗体的家属进行身份匹配。该办公室未透露交接地点或接收遗体的亲属身份。

    据美联社报道,行动后在奥塞古拉·塞万提斯的家中发现了一个十字架、宗教蜡烛和一首手写的赞美诗。墨西哥当局称,他们追踪到他的一名浪漫伴侣到了藏匿地点。

    2026年2月25日,在墨西哥哈利斯科州一次军事行动中,贩毒集团头目内梅西奥·奥塞古拉(Nemesio Oseguera,被称为“El Mencho”)被击毙后,士兵在联邦法医服务局站岗守卫。路易斯·科尔特斯(Luis Cortes)/路透社

    一位了解此次行动的消息人士告诉CBS新闻,此次突袭是墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·谢因鲍姆(Claudia Sheinbaum)领导下美墨加强反贩毒合作的成果。

    五角大楼一名国防官员告诉CBS新闻,美国北方司令部在1月份成立的反贩毒特遣部队“在联合跨机构特遣部队经常与墨西哥军方合作中发挥了作用”,但该官员强调这是墨西哥军方行动,“因此成功归功于他们”。

    墨西哥国防部在一份声明中表示,“在与美国的双边协调与合作框架内,美国当局提供了补充信息。”

    国土安全官员也在关注贩毒集团在美国的走私和金融网络可能的反应。

    该贩毒集团(也被称为CJNG)在美国各地维持着分销、物流和资金流动基础设施。尽管官员告诉CBS新闻,此次击毙奥塞古拉·塞万提斯的行动没有迹象表明对美国构成迫在眉睫的威胁,但执法机构正在监控国内走私走廊内暴力、胁迫或收债活动可能出现的增加。

    2025年2月,特朗普政府将CJNG列为外国恐怖组织之一。

    埃莉诺·沃森(Eleanor Watson)和妮可·桑加(Nicole Sganga)对本报道有贡献。

    Body of notorious cartel boss “El Mencho” returned to family by Mexican authorities

    February 28, 2026 / 4:19 PM EST / CBS News

    The body of the notorious cartel leader known as “El Mencho,” who was killed in a military operation last week, was returned to his family, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said on Saturday.

    Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, who had a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head, was wounded by Mexican security forces in Jalisco and died while being flown to Mexico City, officials said. The death of “El Mencho” — who led the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel — sparked a wave of violence by the cartel across a large swath of Mexico, killing dozens of people, including 25 members of Mexico’s National Guard.

    In a statement released Saturday, Mexico’s attorney general’s office said it performed genetic tests to match the cartel leader’s remains to the family who requested the body. The office did not indicate where the handover took place or identify the relatives who took the body.

    A crucifix, religious candles and a handwritten psalm were found in Oseguera Cervante’s home after the operation, the Associated Press reported. Mexican authorities said they tracked one of his romantic partners to the hideout.

    Soldiers stand guard at the Federal Forensic Service, where the body of cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” was believed to be held after a military operation in which he was killed in the state of Jalisco, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 25, 2026. Luis Cortes / REUTERS

    A source briefed on the operation told CBS News the raid was the culmination of intensified U.S.-Mexico counter-cartel cooperation under Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

    A defense official told CBS News a counter-cartel task force the Pentagon established under U.S. Northern Command in January “played a role in that the Joint Interagency Task Force regularly works with the Mexican military,” but the official emphasized that this was a Mexican military operation, “so the success is theirs.”

    Mexico’s Defense ministry said in a statement that “complementary information was provided by U.S. authorities within the framework of bilateral coordination and cooperation with the United States.”

    Homeland security officials are also watching for a response from the cartel’s U.S.-based trafficking and financial networks.

    The cartel, also known as CJNG, maintains distribution, logistics and money-movement infrastructure across the U.S. While officials told CBS News there is no indication of an imminent threat to the U.S. as a result of the operation that killed Oseguera Cervantes, law enforcement agencies are monitoring any potential increases in violence, coercion or debt-collection activity inside domestic trafficking corridors.

    In February 2025, CJNG was one of several cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the Trump administration.

    Eleanor Watson and Nicole Sganga contributed to this report.

  • 以色列消息来源证实:以色列国防军空袭德黑兰建筑群后,伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊身亡


    伊朗最高领袖统治伊斯兰共和国超过三十年,期间实施残酷镇压和代理战争

    作者:埃弗拉特·拉赫特、露丝·马克斯·埃格拉什
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    发布时间:2026年2月28日 美国东部时间下午3:11

    以色列高级官员向福克斯新闻首席外交政策记者特雷·英格斯特证实,伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊在以色列空袭其官邸后身亡。

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    伊朗好战且毫不妥协的最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊,统治伊斯兰共和国超过三十年,期间推行严苛的国内镇压政策,并与美国和以色列长期对抗。据以色列一名高级官员向福克斯新闻数字版透露,其德黑兰官邸被夷为废墟后,哈梅内伊在空袭中身亡。

    “哈梅内伊是当代中东任职时间最长的独裁者。他能长期掌权并非靠赌博,而是一位意识形态坚定的领导者,为保护其意识形态不惜采取冷酷手段,常以进两步退一步的策略巩固权力。”FDD伊朗项目高级主任贝赫南·本·塔莱布鲁对福克斯新闻数字版表示。

    “哈梅内伊的世界观植根于好战的反美主义和反犹主义,这一思想在他抗议伊朗国王穆罕默德·礼萨·巴列维时期就已显现。”

    伊朗总统哈梅内伊在中国北京的欢迎仪式上,1989年5月11日
    (福雷斯特·安德森/盖蒂图片社)

    哈梅内伊1939年4月19日出生于伊朗东部马什哈德,是1979年推翻美国支持的国王穆罕默德·礼萨·巴列维的伊斯兰革命核心参与者。作为伊朗首任最高领袖阿亚图拉·鲁霍拉·霍梅尼的亲密盟友,他在新体制中步步高升,1981年至1989年担任总统,同年霍梅尼去世后接任最高领袖职位。

    掌权数十年间,哈梅内伊巩固了对伊朗政治和安全体系的绝对控制,多次镇压异议运动,并对华盛顿和耶路撒冷采取强硬立场。

    “阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的统治以无情的残忍和镇压著称,无论是在伊朗国内还是其境外势力范围。”伊朗问题专家、《The Foreign Desk》主编莉萨·达夫塔里表示。她指出,处决异议者和严格执行社会控制是哈梅内伊领导下的体制标志性特征。

    然而,他的极端保守领导风格也面临挑战。2009年,有争议的选举中哈梅内伊宣布现任总统马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德获胜后,全国爆发大规模抗议活动。

    伊朗民众抗议22岁女子玛莎·阿米尼之死,2022年10月1日
    (美联社)

    2022年,22岁的玛莎·阿米尼因被道德警察拘留后死亡引发大规模示威,这些抗议遭到残酷镇压,许多被捕者被其政权处决。

    2026年1月8日至9日,伊朗再次爆发抗议活动,安全部队以猛烈手段回应。据伊朗国际电台调查,仅两天内可能有3万人死亡。

    委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗访问伊朗德黑兰,2016年10月22日
    (Pool/最高领袖新闻办公室/阿纳多卢通讯社/盖蒂图片社)

    国际监督机构和人权组织近年来多次记录伊朗执行死刑的高数字。大赦国际称,伊朗当局在2025年处决了超过1000人,为该组织至少15年来记录的最高年度数字。此外,联合国报告称伊朗2024年处决了至少975人,为2015年以来最高。

    伊朗民众在德黑兰抗议,2026年1月9日
    (MAHSA/中东图片社/法新社通过盖蒂图片社)

    在地区层面,哈梅内伊大力投资伊朗的盟友民兵和武装团体网络,以将伊朗势力投射到境外。从西岸和加沙支持哈马斯、黎巴嫩真主党,到也门胡塞武装和伊拉克其他武装组织,伊朗在哈梅内伊领导下向恐怖组织投入数亿美元。

    然而,在2023年10月7日袭击后,以色列军事压力下,他珍视的代理势力以及叙利亚巴沙尔·阿萨德政权相继崩溃。2025年6月12天的战争中,以色列成功清除了哈梅内伊数名最亲密助手和高级安全官员,使这位长期掌权的领导人显著削弱。

    但分析人士认为,哈梅内伊最持久的遗产可能是他在国内建立的保障体制存续的机构机制。

    伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊数周来首次公开露面,对美国发出新威胁
    (伊朗最高领袖办公室/美联社)

    联合对抗伊朗核计划组织(UANI)的赛义德·戈尔卡尔和卡斯拉·阿拉比在报告中描述,”最高领袖办公室”(Bayt)是嵌入伊朗军队、经济、宗教机构和官僚体系的平行权力结构。

    阿拉比在接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时表示:”它是伊朗政权隐藏的神经中枢……运作如国中之国。”他认为,即使哈梅内伊被移除,这一机构仍能维持系统运转。

    “即使他被消灭,’最高领袖办公室’作为机构仍能使最高领袖职能延续,”阿拉比说,”应该将最高领袖视为一个机构而非单一人物。”

    阿拉比还警告:”单独除掉哈梅内伊不够,必须针对围绕最高领袖的整个体系制定更广泛战略。”

    “与伊斯兰共和国奠基人霍梅尼不同,哈梅内伊将权力制度化。今天的伊斯兰共和国更像是哈梅内伊而非霍梅尼的产物。”FDD的本·塔莱布鲁补充道。

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    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead after IDF strike hits Tehran compound, Israeli source confirms

    Iran’s supreme leader ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades, overseeing brutal crackdowns and proxy wars

    By Efrat Lachter, Ruth Marks Eglash
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    Published February 28, 2026 3:11pm EST

    Senior Israeli officials confirm to Fox News chief foreign policy correspondent Trey Yingst that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his compound.

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    Iran’s militant and unyielding supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and oversaw an era of harsh internal repression and confrontation with the United States and Israel, has died after an Israeli strike in Tehran after his compound was reduced to rubble, a senior Israeli official told Fox News Digital.

    “Khamenei was the contemporary Middle East’s longest-serving autocrat. He did not get to be that way by being a gambler. Khamenei was an ideologue, but one who ruthlessly pursued the preservation and protection of his ideology, often taking two steps forward and one step back,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran program, told Fox News Digital.

    “Khamenei’s worldview was shaped by his militant anti-Americanism and antisemitism, which first manifested itself in his protests against the Shah of Iran.”

    Iranian President Ali Khamenei during a welcoming ceremony for his state visit to Beijing, China, May 11, 1989.(Forrest Anderson/Getty Images)

    Born April 19, 1939, in Mashhad, eastern Iran, Khamenei was among the Islamist activists who played a central role in the 1979 revolution that overthrew U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. A close ally of Iran’s first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Khamenei rose through the new system and served as president from 1981 to 1989 before becoming supreme leader after Khomeini’s death that same year.

    Through decades in power, Khamenei consolidated control over Iran’s political and security system, presiding over repeated crackdowns on dissent and maintaining a hardline posture toward Washington and Jerusalem.

    “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rule has been marked by unrelenting brutality and repression, both within Iran and beyond its borders,” said Lisa Daftari, an expert on Iran and editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk. She pointed to executions and the enforcement of strict social controls as defining features of the system under Khamenei’s leadership.

    His ultra-conservative style of leadership did face challenges, however. In 2009, after disputed elections in which Khamenei declared victory for the incumbent president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, massive protests erupted across the country.

    In this photo taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranian protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police in Tehran Oct. 1, 2022.(The Associated Press)

    Mass demonstrations also broke out in 2022 after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died while detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly. The protests were brutally put down, with many of those arrested put to death by his regime.

    In late December, Iran was again rocked by protests and a fierce, brutal security response. According to an Iran International investigation, as many as 30,000 people may have been killed over two days, Jan. 8-9, 2026.

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro meets the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei during his visit in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22, 2016.(Pool/Supreme Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Image)

    International monitors and rights groups have repeatedly documented high execution numbers in Iran in recent years as well. Amnesty International said Iranian authorities executed more than 1,000 people in 2025, calling it the highest yearly figure the organization recorded in at least 15 years. Separately, a U.N. report said Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024, the highest number since 2015.

    Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026. (MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

    Across the region, Khamenei invested heavily in Iran’s network of allied militias and armed groups, a strategy used to project Iranian power beyond its borders. From the West Bank and Gaza, where he backed terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi extremists in Yemen and other militant militias in Iraq, Iran under Khamenei spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the terror groups.

    However, his prized proxies, as well as the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, collapsed under Israeli military pressure after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. During a 12-day war in June 2025, Israel also succeeded in taking out some of Khamenei’s closest aides and senior security figures, leaving the long-serving leader significantly weakened.

    Yet analysts argue that Khamenei’s most enduring legacy may be the institutional machinery he built at home to safeguard the system.

    Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei makes first public appearance in weeks with fresh U.S. threats.(Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader Credit/AP)

    A recent report by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), authored by Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi, describes the Bayt, the Office of the Supreme Leader, as a parallel structure embedded across Iran’s military, economy, religious institutions and bureaucracy.

    In an interview with Fox News Digital, Aarabi said, “It is the hidden nerve center of the regime in Iran. … It operates as a state within a state.”

    He argued that even Khamenei’s removal would not necessarily dismantle the system.

    “Even if he is eliminated, the Bayt as an institution enables the supreme leader to function,” Aarabi said. “Think of the supreme leader as an institution rather than just a single individual.”

    Aarabi also warned that “eliminating Khamenei in isolation on its own is not enough,” calling for a broader strategy aimed at the wider apparatus surrounding the supreme leader.

    “You have to dismantle this extensive apparatus that he has created,” he said.

    “Unlike Khomeini, the founding father of the Islamic Republic, Khamenei institutionalized his power. Today, the Islamic Republic is more a product of Khamenei than Khomeini,” FDD’s Ben Taleblu added.

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    Efrat Lachter is a foreign correspondent for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.

  • 美以袭击击中一所伊朗小学 导致115人死亡


    发布/2026年3月1日 06:52

    Image 34: 伊朗南部米纳卜市一所小学星期六(3月1日)遇袭,许多人赶到现场协助救援。 (路透社)

    伊朗南部米纳卜市一所小学星期六(3月1日)遇袭,许多人赶到现场协助救援。 (路透社)

    Image 35

    美国和以色列对伊朗发动袭击,一所伊朗小学遇袭,死亡人数升至115人。

    据伊朗迈赫尔通讯社星期天(3月1日)报道,美以星期六(2月28日)的袭击造成一所位于伊朗南部米纳卜市的小学上百人身亡。伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队在当地设有一处基地。

    新华社引述伊朗学生新闻网等媒体报道称,伊朗南部法尔斯省拉默尔德市一座体育馆也遇袭,约20名女排球员丧生。拉默尔德市另有四处设施被击中。

    美以袭击击中一所伊朗小学 导致115人死亡

    发布/2026年3月1日 06:52

    Image 34: 伊朗南部米纳卜市一所小学星期六(3月1日)遇袭,许多人赶到现场协助救援。 (路透社)

    伊朗南部米纳卜市一所小学星期六(3月1日)遇袭,许多人赶到现场协助救援。 (路透社)

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    美国和以色列对伊朗发动袭击,一所伊朗小学遇袭,死亡人数升至115人。

    据伊朗迈赫尔通讯社星期天(3月1日)报道,美以星期六(2月28日)的袭击造成一所位于伊朗南部米纳卜市的小学上百人身亡。伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队在当地设有一处基地。

    新华社引述伊朗学生新闻网等媒体报道称,伊朗南部法尔斯省拉默尔德市一座体育馆也遇袭,约20名女排球员丧生。拉默尔德市另有四处设施被击中。

  • 迪拜机场疑似遇袭受损 四人受伤


    发布时间:2026年3月1日 07:07 来源:联合早报

    社媒流传的照片显示,迪拜地标建筑棕榈岛冒出浓烟和火焰。 (法新社)

    迪拜机场疑似在美国和以色列对伊朗的袭击中受损,四名工作人员受伤。

    法新社报道,迪拜机场星期六(2月28日)发声明说:“迪拜国际机场的一个候机大厅在一次事故中受到轻微损坏,但事故很快得到控制。”

    声明也说,由于事先已制定应急预案,大部分航站楼的乘客已被清空。迪拜机场是全球最繁忙的国际机场。

    另据彭博社报道,社交媒体上流传的视频显示,一座主要出发航站楼冒出一缕淡淡的烟雾,停机坪上可见紧急救援人员和消防人员。另一段来自航站楼内部的视频则显示,航站楼似乎受到一些损坏,但整体结构基本完好。

    迪拜媒体办公室也称,一架无人机被拦截,但残骸坠落在阿拉伯塔酒店,并引发小规模火灾。

    迪拜机场疑似遇袭受损 四人受伤

    发布时间:2026年3月1日 07:07 来源:联合早报

    社媒流传的照片显示,迪拜地标建筑棕榈岛冒出浓烟和火焰。 (法新社)

    迪拜机场疑似在美国和以色列对伊朗的袭击中受损,四名工作人员受伤。

    法新社报道,迪拜机场星期六(2月28日)发声明说:“迪拜国际机场的一个候机大厅在一次事故中受到轻微损坏,但事故很快得到控制。”

    声明也说,由于事先已制定应急预案,大部分航站楼的乘客已被清空。迪拜机场是全球最繁忙的国际机场。

    另据彭博社报道,社交媒体上流传的视频显示,一座主要出发航站楼冒出一缕淡淡的烟雾,停机坪上可见紧急救援人员和消防人员。另一段来自航站楼内部的视频则显示,航站楼似乎受到一些损坏,但整体结构基本完好。

    迪拜媒体办公室也称,一架无人机被拦截,但残骸坠落在阿拉伯塔酒店,并引发小规模火灾。

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    阿联酋:伊朗发射300多导弹无人机 大部分被拦截

    2026年3月1日 07:21 / 联合早报

    2月28日,迪拜上空升起疑似火箭弹拦截产生的烟雾。当天,伊朗遭到美国和以色列的空袭后,对海湾地区各大城市发动报复袭击。 (法新社)

    阿联酋国防部说,伊朗向阿联酋发射的137枚导弹和209架无人机中,绝大多数已被摧毁或拦截。

    法新社报道,阿联酋国防部星期天(3月1日)在社媒发声明说:“国防部已保持高度戒备,随时准备应对任何威胁,并将采取一切必要措施,坚决打击一切旨在破坏国家安全与稳定的企图。国防部重申,公民、居民和游客的安全是重中之重,不容妥协。”

    此前,伊朗在遭到美国和以色列的袭击后,向海湾国家发动一系列导弹袭击。

    海湾国家星期六(2月28日)发联合声明,谴责伊朗对美国和以色列空袭的“懦弱”回应。

    巴林大使阿尔罗瓦伊伊在联合国安理会紧急会议上宣读这份声明:“我们认为伊朗政府应对这些袭击负全部责任,我们拒绝任何为这种敌对行为开脱或曲解国际法的借口或解释。”

    他也说:“《联合国宪章》绝不为这些懦弱的袭击辩护。”

    他代表海湾合作委员会六个成员国,即沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔和巴林,以及叙利亚和约旦。

    阿联酋:伊朗发射300多导弹无人机 大部分被拦截

    2026年3月1日 07:21 / 联合早报

    2月28日,迪拜上空升起疑似火箭弹拦截产生的烟雾。当天,伊朗遭到美国和以色列的空袭后,对海湾地区各大城市发动报复袭击。 (法新社)

    阿联酋国防部说,伊朗向阿联酋发射的137枚导弹和209架无人机中,绝大多数已被摧毁或拦截。

    法新社报道,阿联酋国防部星期天(3月1日)在社媒发声明说:“国防部已保持高度戒备,随时准备应对任何威胁,并将采取一切必要措施,坚决打击一切旨在破坏国家安全与稳定的企图。国防部重申,公民、居民和游客的安全是重中之重,不容妥协。”

    此前,伊朗在遭到美国和以色列的袭击后,向海湾国家发动一系列导弹袭击。

    海湾国家星期六(2月28日)发联合声明,谴责伊朗对美国和以色列空袭的“懦弱”回应。

    巴林大使阿尔罗瓦伊伊在联合国安理会紧急会议上宣读这份声明:“我们认为伊朗政府应对这些袭击负全部责任,我们拒绝任何为这种敌对行为开脱或曲解国际法的借口或解释。”

    他也说:“《联合国宪章》绝不为这些懦弱的袭击辩护。”

    他代表海湾合作委员会六个成员国,即沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔和巴林,以及叙利亚和约旦。

  • 唐纳德·特朗普关于伊朗袭击的演讲,带注释


    分析:扎卡里·B·沃尔夫,更新于2026年2月28日下午5:14(美国东部时间),发布于2026年2月28日下午5:00(美国东部时间)

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    在周六发布的视频截图中,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在一个未知地点宣布美国已在伊朗开始”重大作战行动”。

    唐纳德·特朗普/Truth Social/图片来源/路透社

    特朗普宣称伊朗对美国及其盟友构成“迫在眉睫”的威胁,他与以色列共同发起了一项推翻伊朗政权的行动。

    特朗普周六表示,伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊已被杀死,尽管德黑兰称他还活着,其政府继续运作。伊朗则对美国基地、以色列以及中东地区的目标发动了袭击。

    特朗普在其社交媒体账号上发布的一段视频中宣布了这一重大军事行动(目前主要依靠美国空中和海军力量),视频中他戴着白色美国棒球帽。

    警示美国人可能面临伤亡

    特朗普还警告伊朗部队,除非放下武器,否则将被消灭。

    以下是他的讲话,并附有背景注释:

    “不久前,美国军方开始在伊朗展开重大作战行动。我们的目标是通过消除伊朗政权的迫在眉睫的威胁来保卫美国人民。伊朗政权是一群极其凶残、可怕的人,其威胁性活动直接危害到美国、我们的军队、海外基地以及全球盟友。”

    (虽然美国和以色列发动此次袭击似乎没有明显的挑衅理由,但特朗普辩称这是自卫行为。伊朗确实具备核能力,但特朗普未具体说明,却称伊朗的威胁“迫在眉睫”。他声称伊朗构成迫在眉睫的威胁,这一点很重要,因为他是在使用紧急权力且未经国会授权的情况下发动这场战争。批评者会称此次无端袭击违反国际法并篡夺了国会的权力。)

    “47年来,伊朗政权一直高呼‘死亡到美国’,并持续发动针对美国、我们的军队以及许多国家无辜人民的血腥屠杀运动。该政权的首批行为之一就是支持对美国驻德黑兰大使馆的暴力接管,将数十名美国人质劫持了444天。”

    (特朗普在此未提及美国和中央情报局(CIA)在1953年参与了推翻伊朗民选领导人的政变,这一事件在伊朗引发了反美情绪。美国支持了直到1979年革命被推翻的独裁者沙阿,当时人质从美国大使馆被劫持。人质危机中,美国特种部队的营救尝试失败,这在1980年总统选举中发挥了重要作用,当时罗纳德·里根击败了吉米·卡特。人质在里根宣誓就任总统的那一刻被伊朗释放。)

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    1983年10月31日,在针对美军总部的恐怖袭击造成241名美国士兵死亡后,美国海军陆战队继续搜寻受害者。

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    “1983年,伊朗代理人在贝鲁特对美国海军陆战队兵营进行爆炸袭击,造成241名美军人员死亡。2000年,他们可能参与了对‘科尔号’驱逐舰的袭击,许多人丧生。”

    (更多关于海军陆战队兵营爆炸和‘科尔号’灾难的报道,请阅读此处,该灾难造成17名水手死亡。)

    “伊朗部队在伊拉克杀害和致残了数百名美国军人。近年来,该政权的代理人继续对驻扎在中东的美军以及国际航道上的美国海军和商业船只发动无数次袭击。这是大规模的恐怖主义行为,我们不会再容忍下去。”

    “从黎巴嫩到也门,从叙利亚到伊拉克,该政权武装、训练和资助了恐怖民兵,这些民兵让这片土地浸透了鲜血和内脏。正是伊朗代理人哈马斯发动了10月7日对以色列的骇人袭击,屠杀了1000多名无辜平民,其中包括46名美国人,并劫持了12名美国公民作为人质。这是野蛮的行为,堪称世界从未见过。”

    (石油资源丰富的伊朗长期以来一直向哈马斯提供资金和训练,但德黑兰政府声称未直接参与2023年10月7日的袭击。美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)在以色列袭击事件后报道称,初步美国情报显示伊朗高级官员对此次袭击感到意外。)

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    1月9日,伊朗德黑兰,民众在抗议中聚集并阻塞街道。

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    “伊朗是世界头号支持恐怖主义的国家,最近还在街头杀害了数万名本国公民。美国,特别是我的政府,一贯的政策是这个恐怖政权永远不能拥有核武器。我再强调一遍:他们永远不能拥有核武器。”

    (伊朗声称不寻求核武器,而是为了能源。去年3月,美国情报评估称伊朗不寻求制造核武器。特朗普去年仍然袭击了伊朗的核设施。伊朗坚持认为,根据国际法和其作为缔约国的《不扩散核武器条约》,它有权为能源项目开发自己的核材料。美国、以色列及其他国家不信任伊朗政权。特朗普在其第一任期内终止了奥巴马政府谈判的复杂协议,根据该协议,伊朗表示将搁置核野心以换取解除对其石油财富的制裁。)

    “正因如此,在去年6月的‘午夜锤子行动’中,我们彻底摧毁了该政权在福特沃、纳坦兹和伊斯法罕的核计划。那次袭击后,我们警告他们永远不要重新追求邪恶的核武器,我们多次寻求谈判。我们尝试过,他们也想谈,他们不想谈,他们又想谈,他们又不想谈,他们不知道发生了什么,他们只是想作恶。”

    (阅读美国有线电视新闻网关于特朗普去年6月决定轰炸伊朗核设施的报道,当时特朗普称该行动摧毁了德黑兰的核计划。鉴于此次大规模新军事行动,这一夸口现在似乎为时过早。)

    “但伊朗拒绝了,就像几十年来一直拒绝一样。他们拒绝了每一个放弃核野心的机会。我们不能再忍受了。相反,他们试图重建核计划并继续开发能够威胁我们欧洲好朋友和盟友、海外驻军,甚至可能很快到达美国本土的远程导弹。”

    _(美国情报部门不支持特朗普关于伊朗正在制造远程导弹的说法。美国国防情报局(DIA)2025年一份未分类评估称:“如果德黑兰决定追求这一能力,伊朗可能在2035年前开发出‘军事可行’的洲际弹道导弹。”)

    “试想,如果这个政权一旦拥有核武器并将其作为传递信息的手段,将会变得多么嚣张。出于这些原因,美国军方正在开展一场大规模且持续的行动,以防止这个极其邪恶、激进的独裁政权威胁美国和我们的核心国家安全利益。我们将摧毁他们的导弹并彻底摧毁他们的导弹工业,这将被彻底消灭。”

    (“大规模”和“持续”这两个词很重要。这不是像6月轰炸伊朗核设施或1月抓捕委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗那样的一次性打击。这听起来更像一场战争,尽管国会尚未授权或拨款支持。)_

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    周六,伊朗德黑兰,爆炸后烟雾升起,民众在观看。

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    “我们将消灭他们的海军。我们将确保该地区的恐怖主义代理人不再能够破坏该地区或世界,不再攻击我们的部队,也不再使用简易爆炸装置(IED)或路边炸弹造成数千人伤亡,包括许多美国人。我们将确保伊朗无法获得核武器。这是一个非常简单的信息:他们永远不会拥有核武器。”

    “这个政权很快就会明白,没有人应该挑战美国武装部队的实力和威严。我在第一任期内重建了我们的军队,世界上没有任何军队能与之匹敌。我的政府已采取一切可能措施来最小化驻中东美军人员的风险。”

    (特朗普要求国会明年为国防拨款1.5万亿美元,这是大幅增加。)

    “即便如此,我郑重提醒,伊朗政权企图杀戮。勇敢的美国英雄可能会失去生命,我们可能会有伤亡。战争中常常如此。但我们这样做不是为了现在,而是为了未来。这是一项崇高的使命。”

    (这是对美国人的重要警告:美军人员可能在此次行动中丧生。根据最近的民调,大多数美国人反对对伊朗发动军事打击,尽管大多数共和党人支持这一想法。人们普遍担心美国会陷入长期战争。)

    “我们为每一位冒着生命危险的军人祈祷,他们无私地确保美国人民和我们的孩子永远不会受到拥有核武器的伊朗的威胁。我们祈求上帝保护所有身处险境的英雄。我们相信在上帝的帮助下,武装部队的男女成员将取得胜利。我们拥有世界上最优秀的军队,他们将取得胜利。”

    “对伊斯兰革命卫队、武装部队和所有警察成员,我今晚说,你们必须放下武器,获得完全豁免权,否则将面临必死的结局。所以,放下武器,你们将得到公正对待,享有完全豁免权,否则将面临必死的结局。”

    (在委内瑞拉,特朗普政府正与马杜罗政权的残余势力合作,这些势力仍在掌控该国。目前尚不清楚美国希望谁接管伊朗政权。)

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    白宫在X平台(原推特)发布的这张图片中,总统唐纳德·特朗普和他的国家安全团队正在监控周六伊朗的美军行动。照片部分内容由来源模糊处理。

    白宫

    “最后,我要对伟大而自豪的伊朗人民说,今晚你们的自由时刻即将到来。待在避难所里,不要离开家,外面非常危险,炸弹将到处落下。当我们完成任务后,接管你们的政府,它将属于你们。这可能是你们几代人中唯一的机会。”

    (有趣的是,特朗普没有呼吁伊朗人起来反抗独裁政权,而是让美国清除他们的领导人。)

    “多年来,你们一直请求美国的帮助,但从未得到。没有总统愿意做我今晚愿意做的事。现在,你们有一位愿意给予你们所期望的总统。现在,看看你们的反应。美国正以压倒性的力量和毁灭性的武力支持你们。现在是时候掌控自己的命运,释放近在咫尺的繁荣和光荣未来了。这是行动的时刻,不要让它流逝。”

    (如果美国在伊拉克、阿富汗和利比亚的冒险经历有任何借鉴意义,那么在军事行动和政权更迭之后,局势可能会真正失控。)

    “愿上帝保佑美国武装部队的勇敢男女。愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。愿上帝保佑你们所有人。”

    “谢谢大家。”


    译者注: 本文为对特朗普关于伊朗军事行动演讲的完整翻译,严格保留原文的排版结构、注释内容及新闻背景信息,力求准确传达原文的事实细节与语气。所有注释均按原文格式呈现,确保不遗漏任何关键信息。

    Donald Trump’s Iran attacks speech, annotated

    Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Updated Feb 28, 2026, 5:14 PM ET, PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2026, 5:00 PM ET

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    President Donald Trump speaks to announce that the US had begun “major combat operations” in Iran, in an unknown location, in this screengrab from a video released on Saturday.

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    President Donald Trump claimed Iran posed an “imminent” threat to the US and its allies as he joined Israel in launching an operation to topple the Iranian regime.

    Trump said Saturday that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, although Tehran said he was alive and that its government continued to function. Iran responded with attacks on US bases, Israel, and targets across the Middle East.

    Trump announced the major military action, which so far has relied on US air and naval power, in a video posted to his social media account at 2:30 a.m. ET in which he wears a white USA ball cap.

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    Bracing Americans for the likelihood of US casualties, Trump also warned that Iranian forces will be killed unless they lay down weapons.

    Here are his remarks, annotated with context:

    A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas and our allies throughout the world.

    (While the US and Israel launched this attack without obvious provocation, Trump argues it was an act of self-defense. Iran does have nuclear capabilities, but Trump says, without specifics, the threat from Iran is “imminent.” It’s important for him to claim Iran is an imminent threat because he launched this war using emergency powers and without authorization from Congress. Critics will say an unprovoked attack violates international law and usurps the role of Congress.)

    For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted “death to America” and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States, our troops and the innocent people in many, many countries. Among the regime’s very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days.

    (Trump does not mention here that the US and CIA were involved in the coup that toppled a democratically elected leader in Iran in 1953, something that sparked anti-American sentiment in Iran. The US supported the authoritarian shah who ruled until he was overthrown in the 1979 revolution, when hostages were taken from the US Embassy. The hostage crisis, which featured a failed rescue attempt by US special forces, played a major role in the 1980 presidential election, when Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter. The hostages were released by Iran in the moments after Reagan was sworn in as president.)

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    US Marines continue to search for victims, on October 31, 1983, after a terrorist attack against the headquarters of the US troops killed 241 American soldiers in Beirut.

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    In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel. In 2000, they knew and were probably involved with the attack on the USS Cole. Many died.

    (Read more about the bombing of the Marine barracks and the USS Cole disaster, which killed 17 sailors.)

    Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq. The regime’s proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years, as well as US naval and commercial vessels in international shipping lanes. It’s been mass terror. And we’re not going to put up with it any longer.

    From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts. And it was Iran’s proxy Hamas that launched the monstrous October 7 attacks on Israel, slaughtering more than 1,000 innocent people, including 46 Americans, while taking 12 of our citizens hostage. It was brutal, something like the world has never seen before.

    (Oil-rich Iran has long supported Hamas with money and training, but Tehran’s government claimed no direct involvement in the October 7, 2023, attacks. CNN reported in the aftermath of the attack on Israel that initial US intelligence suggested senior Iranian officials were surprised by it.)

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    Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9.

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    Iran is the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror and just recently killed tens of thousands of its own citizens on the street as they protested. It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say it again. They can never have a nuclear weapon.

    (Iran claims not to be seeking a nuclear weapon, but rather energy. Last March, the US intelligence assessment was that Iran is not seeking to build a nuclear weapon. Trump struck Iran’s nuclear sites last year anyway. Iran insists that it has the right under international law and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to which it is a party to develop its own nuclear material for an energy program. The US and Israel, along with other countries, do not trust the Iranian regime. Trump during his first term ended a complicated deal negotiated by the Obama administration through which Iran said it would set aside nuclear ambitions in exchange for unlocking sanctions against its oil wealth.)

    That is why in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime’s nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it. They didn’t want to do it. Again, they wanted to do it. They didn’t want to do it. They didn’t know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil.

    (Read CNN’s report about Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites last June, when Trump said the operation had destroyed Tehran’s nuclear program. That boast now seems to have been premature, given the massive new military operation.)

    But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades. They rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions. And we can’t take it anymore. Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and to continue developing long-range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland.

    _(US intelligence does not back up Trump’s claim that Iran is building long-range missiles. Here’s the key line from CNN’s report: “An unclassified assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 2025 said that Iran could develop a ‘militarily-viable’ intercontinental ballistic missile by 2035 ‘should Tehran decide to pursue the capability.’”)

    Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had and actually were armed with nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message. For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated.

    (The words “massive” and “ongoing” are important here. This is not a one-off strike like the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites in June or the snatching of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January. This sounds similar to a war, even though Congress has not authorized it or written a check to pay for it.)

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    People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday.

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    We’re going to annihilate their navy. We are going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called, to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people including many Americans. And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. It’s a very simple message. They will never have a nuclear weapon.

    This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States armed forces. I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration. And there is no military on Earth even close to its power, strength, or sophistication. My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to US personnel in the region.

    (Trump has asked Congress to spend $1.5 trillion on the defense next year, a massive increase.)

    Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we’re doing this not for now. We’re doing this for the future. And it is a noble mission.

    (This is an important warning for Americans: US service members may be killed in this operation. Most Americans opposed using military force to attack Iran, according to recent polls, although most Republicans approve of the idea. There is broad concern about the US getting entangled in a long-term war.)

    We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and our children will never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran. We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm’s way. And we trust that with his help, the men and women of the armed forces will prevail. We have the greatest in the world, and they will prevail.

    To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces, and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity, or in the alternative, face certain death. So lay down your arms. You will be treated fairly with total immunity. Or you will face certain death.

    (In Venezuela, the Trump administration is working with the remnants of the Maduro regime, which are still in charge of the country. It’s not clear who the US would like to see take over in Iran.)

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    In this handout image released by the White House on X, President Donald Trump and his national security team monitor US Military Operations in Iran on Saturday. Portions of this photo have been blurred by the source.

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    Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government, it will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.

    (Interestingly, Trump does not call on Iranians to rise up against the authoritarian regime, but rather to let the US take out their leaders.)

    For many years, you have asked for America’s help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now, you have a president who is giving you what you want. So let’s see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.

    (If recent history from US adventures in Iraq, Afghansistan and Libya is any guide, it is after military action and regime change that things can truly fall apart.)

    May God bless the brave men and women of America’s armed forces. May God bless the United States of America. May God bless you all.

    Thank you.