Trump says US began 'major combat operations' in Iran

The U.S. began “major combat operations in Iran,” President Donald Trump said in a video on Truth Social on Saturday.

"Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime," he said.

"It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say it again, they can never have a nuclear weapon," he said.

Trump also issued a message to members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and police in Iran, offering immunity to those who do not fight.

“I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity, or in the alternative, face certain death,” he said. “Lay down your arms. You will be treated fairly with total immunity, or you will face certain death.”