Israel, U.S. launch joint attack on Iran

The report said, “It also wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old Khamenei was in his offices at the time.”

Ahmed Oluwasanjo • February 28, 2026

In this photo released by Japan Air Self Defense Force, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, top, fly with a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-2 fighter jet over Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, just south of the Korean Peninsula, during a Japan-U.S. joint exercise Sunday, July 30, 2017. Japan’s Defense Ministry reported the U.S. supersonic bombers flown from the Anderson Air Force Base in Guam conducted a joint exercise with South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula later in the day. The U.S. Pacific Air Forces said in a statement that the mission was a response to consecutive intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea this month. (Japan Air Self Defense Force via AP)

Israel with the backing of U.S. launched attack on Iran’s capital on Saturday.

The first strike reportedly occurred around the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Associate Press reported, adding that Iran local media confirmed the country was under attacked.

“The United States is participating in the strikes, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military operations,” the report said.

It stated, “It also wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old Khamenei was in his offices at the time. He hasn’t been seen publicly in days as tensions with the United States have grown.”

The attack came amid U.S. threat against Iran if its fails to make a deal over it nuclear programme.

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