Unconfirmed report… News organization out of Israel.. Trump has already called Iran about a cease fire….Iran has rejected it This sounds like it was a quick strike for political gain..but may have failed Unconfirmed reports..the U.S. was not ready for extended combat..don’t have the manpower or resources for a protractive conflict"You've seen them increasing the range of the missiles they have now, and clearly they are headed in the pathway to one day being able to develop weapons that could reach the continental U.S," Rubio said. Trump did not seek congressional approval for the military action. He also acted unilaterally when launching June 2025 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and for the January ouster of Venezuela's leader Nicholas Maduro. Democrats and a handful of Republicans in the House and Senate are pushing to consider war powers resolutions addressing Iran next week.statement that Iran could "soon" have missiles capable of reaching the U.S. Richard Nephew, who worked for the U.S. government on Iranian issues during the Biden administration, said Iran already has missiles that can reach parts of eastern Europe. Intercontinental ballistic missiles "are harder for Iran to achieve now and I have no reason to doubt DIA's assessment," Nephew said. "Iran does have the ability to hit Europe and is working towards capabilities that could target the United States, but that those capabilities are still many years away." These timelines don't account for the possibility of other countries helping Iran develop or obtain this technology, said Michael Singh, managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Singh worked in the U.S. government, including the White House, from 2005 to 2008. Russia, China and North Korea, some of Iran's closest allies, have intercontinental ballistic missiles. Such a missile must be launched into space and survive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. Iran has a nascent space program and recently collaborated with Russia on space launches. Building a functional intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking the US would require overcoming substantial technical hurdles, such as producing a nuclear warhead and successfully miniaturizing it, Eliana Johns, a Federation of American Scientists senior research associate, said. Iran seems focused on short- and medium-range missiles, with a top range of 2,000 kilometers, said Gary Samore, a Brandeis University professor who worked on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Obama and Clinton administrations., The distance from Tehran to Washington, D.C., is about 10,000 kilometers. In assessing Trump's justification for Iranian strikes, The New York Times cited three unnamed American officials with access to intelligence about Iran's missile programs who said Trump exaggerated the immediacy of the threat to the U.S. Other outlets including CNN and Reuters had similar reportingTrump's assessment about 'obliterated' facilities is exaggerated As he announced the Feb. 28 operation, Trump repeated his assessment that the U.S. military "obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. His language contradicts a November 2025 White House document that said the strikes "significantly degraded Iran's nuclear program." Top Trump administration officials were talking up Iran's capabilities in the leadup to the strikes. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff said Feb. 21 on Fox News Iran is "probably a week away from having industrial grade bomb making material." When PolitiFact reviewed Witkoff's comments with nuclear policy experts, they expressed skepticism about the extent of the program's destruction, its supply of uranium and Iran's desire to pursue enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which tracks Iran's nuclear program, has been unable to access the sites the U.S. bombed. In 2018, Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, which had allowed monitoring of the country's nuclear program. This means experts lack confirmed, independent information about the status of Iran's efforts. Beloud