2026-02-28
13 分钟The Economist.
This is the World In Brief from The Economist.
Our Top Stories America and Israel launched an attack on Iran.
Several missiles struck Tehran, the capital,
including the military headquarters and the offices of the supreme leader,
as well as other military sites.
Iran's National Security Council told residents of Tehran to leave the city.
Iranian media said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was in a safe, undisclosed location.
Israel called the attack preemptive, claiming it would remove threats to the state of Israel.
President Donald Trump made an expansive case for major combat operations,
laying out a litany of Iranian misdeeds from the country's takeover of America's embassy in Tehran in 1979 to its support for Hamas.
He called on the Revolutionary Guard, ordinary soldiers,
and the police to lay down their arms and receive immunity or else face certain death.
and told the Iranian people, when we are finished, take over your government.
He warned Americans that they may have casualties.
Iran fired several missiles at Israel in response,
though most seem to have been intercepted by the country's defense systems.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister,
warned that Israelis would need to show endurance and fortitude in the coming days.
and also called on Iranians to overthrow their government.