In Pictures: US and Israeli strikes against Iran
The United States and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades on Feb 28 in an operation that killed the nation’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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A woman reacting as people gather at the Enghelab Square, after Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Feb 28, in Iran's capital Tehran, on March 1, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A rocket launching from a ship in the operation dubbed Epic Fury, an attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Black smoke rising and heavy damage at Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's compound, following strikes by the US and Israel against Iran, in Tehran on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
US President Donald Trump (seated clockwise from second left), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles monitoring activity related to Operation Epic Fury against Iran from an unnamed location, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
The remains of a car in the aftermath of an air strike on a building in Tehran, Iran, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People running for cover following an explosion, after Israel said it had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Heavy traffic seen following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: EPA
Smoke rising following an explosion, after Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A plume of smoke rising following a reported explosion in Tehran, Iran, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Rubble and debris covering a destroyed vehicle following a missile strike on a neighbourhood in Tehran, Iran, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Israeli firefighters working to put out a fire on a car at the site of a projectile impact after Iran launched missiles into Israel, following Israeli and US strikes on Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb 28, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
