Rationale for the 2026 Iran War (opens in new tab)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia US president Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 29 September 2025 Numerous reasons have been given by different people for the 2026 Iran war, which began when the United States and Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Iran on 28 February 2026\. The reasons are described as diverse, changing, and at times contradictory\.[\[1\]](#cite_note-1) US and Israeli officials have framed it as a preemptive war of self-defense\.[\[2\]...