00:00A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
00:09Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,
00:18a vicious group of very hard, terrible people.
00:23Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world.
00:33For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted death to America and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass
00:42murder,
00:43targeting the United States, our troops, and the innocent people in many, many countries.
00:48Among the regime's very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran,
00:56holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days.
01:02In 1983, Iran's proxies carried out the marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.
01:12In 2000, they knew and were probably involved with the attack on the USS Cole.
01:20Many died.
01:21Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq.
01:26The regime's proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years,
01:35as well as U.S. naval and commercial vessels in international shipping lands.
01:41It's been mass terror, and we're not going to put up with it any longer.
01:46From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained, and funded terrorist militias
01:54that have soaked the earth with blood and guts.
01:58And it was Iran's proxy, Hamas, that launched the monstrous October 7th attacks on Israel,
02:08slaughtering more than 1,000 innocent people, including 46 Americans,
02:12while taking 12 of our citizens hostage.
02:16It was brutal.
02:17Something like the world has never seen before.
02:21Iran is the world's number one state sponsor of terror,
02:25and just recently killed tens of thousands of its own citizens on the street as they protested.
02:32It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular, my administration,
02:38that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon.
02:42I'll say it again.
02:44They can never have a nuclear weapon.
02:47That is why, in Operation Midnight Hammer last June,
02:52we obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordeaux, Natanz, and Isfahan.
03:00After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons,
03:06and we sought repeatedly to make a deal.
03:11We tried.
03:12They wanted to do it.
03:14They didn't want to do it.
03:15Again, they wanted to do it.
03:17They didn't want to do it.
03:18They didn't know what was happening.
03:20They just wanted to practice evil.
03:23But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades.
03:28They rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions,
03:33and we can't take it anymore.
03:36Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program
03:40and to continue developing long-range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe,
03:49our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland.
03:55Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had and actually were armed with nuclear weapons as
04:04a means to deliver their message.
04:07For these reasons, the United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical
04:16dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.
04:23We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground.
04:28It will be totally, again, obliterated.
04:33We are going to annihilate their navy.
04:35We are going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and
04:43attack our forces
04:44and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called to so gravely wound and kill
04:53thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.
04:58And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.
05:03Again, it's a very simple message.
05:06They will never have a nuclear weapon.
05:10This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States Armed Forces.
05:17I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration, and there is no military on Earth even close to
05:26its power, strength, or sophistication.
05:29My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region.
05:37Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill.
05:44The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties.
05:50That often happens in war, but we're doing this not for now.
05:55We're doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.
05:59We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and our children will
06:07never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran.
06:10We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm's way, and we trust that, with his help, the
06:18men and women of the armed forces will prevail.
06:22We have the greatest in the world, and they will prevail.
06:25To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces, and all of the police, I say tonight that
06:33you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity, or, in the alternative, face certain death.
06:41So, lay down your arms.
06:44You will be treated fairly with total immunity, or you will face certain death.
06:51Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand.
06:58Stay sheltered.
06:59Don't leave your home.
07:01It's very dangerous outside.
07:03Bombs will be dropping everywhere.
07:05When we are finished, take over your government.
07:08It will be yours to take.
07:10This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.
07:15For many years, you have asked for America's help, but you never got it.
07:19No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight.
07:24Now you have a president who is giving you what you want.
07:28So, let's see how you respond.
07:30America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force.
07:35Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is
07:43close within your reach.
07:44This is the moment for action.
07:47Do not let it pass.
07:48May God bless the brave men and women of America's armed forces.
07:53May God bless the United States of America.
07:57May God bless you all.
07:58Thank you.
07:59May God bless you all.
08:02May God bless you all.
08:03May God bless you all.
08:04May God bless you all.
08:04May God bless you all.
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