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Special Report: U.S. & Israel Launch Unprovoked Attack on Iran, Risking Broader Regional War

2026-02-28 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The U.S. and Israel have launched an unprovoked attack on Iran striking sites across the country, including the compound of Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Both Israel and the U.S. say Khamenei was killed. Iranian state media also reports one Israeli strike hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, killing at least 85 people including scores of children. Iran has responded by launching attacks across the Middle East targeting Israel and U.S. military installations in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@lg.-.115 2026-02-28

You know news is bad when Democracy Now does a weekend Special Report ☠

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@buicklincoln 2026-02-28

Beware the military industrial complex: President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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@taosholly 2026-03-01

Respect and gratitude Amy and everyone at Democracy Now. Aloha and support from Hilo, Hawaii.

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@darkprince56 2026-02-28

Those poor people, especially the kids...😢

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@DefenestratedOligarch 2026-02-28

We don't want wars of aggression. We want peace. We want health-care. We want our seniors to be able to retire with dignity. We want jobs. We want a decent wage for a fair days work. We want a lower cost of living. We want a lower cost of housing. We want our infrastructure fixed. We want high-speed rail. The only excuse to ever wage war is in self-defense. We want peace.

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@annethompson4318 2026-03-01

This is horrible. T.Y. Amy, for excellent reporting.

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@joelberman9205 2026-03-01

Thank you Amy & Democracy Now for the comprehensive coverage!

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@JABARDELLI 2026-02-28

During situations of armed conflict, attacks on education may violate international humanitarian and criminal law and constitute war crimes (or crimes against humanity during war or peacetime) as set out in the 1907 Hague Regulations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and customary international humanitarian law, which include the following prohibitions: Deliberate attacks on civilians, including students and educators. Deliberate attacks on civilian objects, which include education institutions not being used for military purposes. Failing to take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians, such as using education institutions for military purposes while students and teachers remain present. Using students and educators as human shields by preventing civilians from leaving from education institutions that are being controlled by a military force.

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@biomat-eu 2026-03-01

Nothing creates a more impenetrable veil for child abuse than the chaos of a foreign war fueled by the silent engine of political bribery.

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@OleshaKarringten-b1l 2026-02-28

They killed 60 kids that’s disgusting

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