The Trump administration on Friday formally designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, escalating pressure on Tehran at a moment of mounting military tensions and sputtering diplomacy.  Early the next day, the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes on Iran. The designation, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, activates authorities created under

President Trump announced on Saturday that the U.S. was undertaking “major combat operations in Iran,” as Israel said it was launching a preemptive attack on the country. Read a transcript of Mr. Trump’s full statement, which he shared in a video on his Truth Social network, below. “A short time ago, the United States military

President Trump announced early Saturday that the U.S. was undertaking “major combat operations in Iran,” as Israel said it was launching a preemptive attack on the country. Read a transcript of Mr. Trump’s full statement, which he shared in a video on his Truth Social network, here: “A short time ago, the United States military

In the lead-up to the U.S.’s strikes on Iran, the two countries engaged in multiple rounds of talks aimed at securing a nuclear deal. Negotiators from the two sides held indirect talks in Oman in early February, followed by two rounds of negotiations in Switzerland later in the month. Iranian officials described the talks in

Israel launched what it described as a “preemptive strike” on Iran Saturday morning, Israeli officials said. The Israel Defense Ministry said in a statement that it launched the strike because it was expecting “a missile and drone attack” from Iran “in the immediate future.” The scope and location of the strike was not immediately clear.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in an exclusive interview with CBS News Friday that the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company a supply chain risk was “retaliatory and punitive.” Hours earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed the company a “supply chain risk to national security,” which restricts military contractors from doing business with Anthropic.