US, Israel Struck Iran Feb 28, 2026 Over Nuclear Threat
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- US and Israel launched massive strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, claiming an imminent nuclear threat
- Israel spent more than three decades trying to block Tehran's nuclear drive through sabotage, assassinations and cyberwar — from the Stuxnet virus wrecking Natanz centrifuges to the AI-assisted killing of nuclear programme "father" Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and a commando raid that stole 1.5 tonnes of secret nuclear archive files
- Iran insists uranium enrichment is its sovereign right and key to national identity and regional power
- Israel pounded Iran's nuclear facilities in June 2025 and systematically weakened Tehran's allies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen while nuclear talks continued in Geneva
- Iran was edging towards diluting weapons-grade uranium, but Israel was unwilling to wait and pulled Washington into open war, a new documentary details
Why it matters: The documentary details how Israel exhausted non-military options over 30+ years — from Stuxnet to targeted killings — before choosing open war with US backing on February 28, 2026, even as Iran appeared close to a compromise that would have diluted its weapons-grade uranium. The timeline frames the conflict as a deliberate Israeli choice to close a diplomatic off-ramp.
