May 12, 2026 - President Donald Trump said the U.S. has “destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability” and Iran is “totally defeated.” However, Iran continues to fire drones and missiles, and some experts say this means the country is not defeated.

March 1, 2026 - In a bold and necessary exercise ... to eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime, destroy its ballistic missile arsenal, degrade its proxy terror networks, and cripple its naval forces....

April 10, 2026 - Caine also said that after more than 700 strikes, the military believed it has destroyed more than 95% of Iran’s naval mines. This US Navy handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs on March 8, 2026, shows an Arleigh Burke-class ...

June 6, 2026 - US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s military has been “totally destroyed” and only has around 21% of its missile capacity left after US-Israeli strikes, during an interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker on Friday.

During an address from the White House, President Donald J. Trump told Americans that the U.S. military, as part of Operation Epic Fury, was nearing completion of operational objectives in Iran. ,

June 17, 2026 - The South China Morning Post reiterated Bloomberg’s assessment, stating Tehran has about 75 percent of the missiles it had before the start of the conflict and can easily build them up further, according to intelligence assessments.

June 6, 2026 - In an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press, Trump asserted that the United States had "totally destroyed" the Iranian military apparatus. He estimated that the country retains only a limited portion of its ballistic stockpile. Also read: West Asia war: 100 days on, Trump and Iran remain locked in high-stakes showdown · "I would say, percentage-wise, maybe 21, 22 per cent of their missiles...

June 6, 2026 - The US president stated that Iran now possesses "maybe 21 or 22 per cent" of its original missile arsenal after US actions.

40 minutes ago - Tim Hawkins told CBS News that U.S. and partner forces had "defeated dozens of missiles and drones launched by Iran toward neighboring Gulf countries on July 17, but unfortunately a few got through and made impact."

In fewer than 40 days, unrelenting military action by America's joint force has helped accomplish all the goals President Donald J. Trump set for Operation Epic Fury.,

6 days ago - U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday that it had completed its latest round of strikes against Iran. In a statement on social media, Central Command said it had hit “dozens of military targets” including missile and drone sites and coastal defense systems near the Strait of Hormuz and other Iranian coastal areas. The strikes lasted seven hours, it said, another sign that the United States had returned to the intensive bombing campaigns that marked the start of the war in February. July 14, 2026, 8:51 p.m. ET ... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Iraq’s prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, at the Pentagon on Tuesday. In a social media post, Hegseth asserted that Iraq must “assert its sovereignty and disarm the Iran-aligned militias responsible for 600+ attacks on U.S. personnel this spring.” In a video of their meeting accompanying the post, Hegseth describes Iraq was “a strong sovereign country that we look forward to partner with based on mutual benefit.” ...

April 9, 2026 - When Trump declared April 7 that the U.S. would suspend bombing Iran for two weeks to allow for negotiations, he said the U.S. had "already met and exceeded all military objectives." "Total and complete victory. 100%. No question about it," Trump told Agence France-Presse. Hegseth was similarly triumphant. "Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital-V military victory," he said during an April 8 Pentagon press conference.

April 2, 2026 - Iran’s Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow ... to Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Trump in June said the sites were “completely and fully obliterated.” · The president in his address said Iran sought to rebuild at a different location ...

May 13, 2026 - Sources tell The Independent that at least 60 per cent of Iran’s missiles have survived the Israeli-US attacks while its nuclear facilities remain largely undamaged amid delusion in the White House, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley

2 weeks ago - U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged overnight attacks for a second straight day, hours after President Donald Trump said he thought the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was “over.” · American forces struck about 90 Iranian targets ...

1 week ago - Araghchi's statement came after President Trump issued a threat in a Truth Social post late Friday to "decimate and destroy" Iran should there be an attempt on his life. ... President Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing. The comments by Mr. Trump, made on his Truth Social website, likely again will turn up tensions in the Middle East. "1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat," Mr. Trump wrote. There had been multiple days of U.S. airstrikes targeting Iran following the Iranian strikes on three commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as Iranian retaliatory fire targeting nations across the Middle East. The president went on: "Orders have already been given, and the U.S.