Ahead of the decision to launch military strikes, the U.S. issued a designation that enables punishing Iran for detaining Americans for political leverage.
President Trump says his objective in attacking Iran "is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats" from the regime in Tehran. Read his full statement here.
President Trump announced early Saturday morning that the U.S. is conducting "a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests." See his full remarks.
The U.S. and Israel carried out military strikes on targets in Iran early Saturday after President Trump threatened the Iranian regime for weeks to make a new deal to rein in its nuclear program, and before that, threatened it over its violent crackdown on protesters in January. Carissa Lawson anchors CBS News' special report.
