On the 1st, U.S. President Trump delivered a video address, stating that the United States and Israel will continue their military operations against Iran until all objectives are achieved. Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said on the same day that Iran will decide when and how to end this U.S.-Israeli-imposed war of aggression.
Trump: More U.S. Casualties Possible
According to Xinhua, earlier in the day, the U.S. military reported that three American soldiers were killed during military operations against Iran. U.S. media reported that the three were killed by Iran’s retaliatory strike on a U.S. military base in Kuwait. Trump subsequently posted a video message on social media, vowing “revenge,” and warning that there may be more U.S. casualties.
Trump said military operations against Iran are “still going strong, and will continue until all our objectives are reached.” He warned that members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and police in Iran should lay down their weapons, “or they will face death,” and again incited regime change in Iran.
Iran Adopts Decentralized Defense System
On the 1st, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi posted on social media, saying that Iran has studied U.S. military failures over the past 20 years, and that U.S. and Israeli bombings of Iran’s capital Tehran will not affect Iran’s warfighting capabilities.
Araghchi stated that Iran's decentralized, “mosaic defense” system enables Iran to decide when and how to end the war.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran, resulting in the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei; Iran immediately retaliated with missile and drone strikes against Persian Gulf countries hosting U.S. military bases.