'Massive' US strikes on Iran; Supreme Leader targeted

strikes and a "major war" against Iran on February 28,

targeting the country's missile capabilities.

"Our goal is to protect the American people by eliminating the 

imminent threat posed by the Iranian regime,

which is a very harsh, vicious group of people,

 Trump called the strikes "a massive and ongoing operation."

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was directly targeted, 

a Middle East official familiar with the matter told USA Today.

 Khamenei's fate is unknown.

Iran has launched retaliatory drone and missile strikes on

American and Israeli targets after a joint US-Israeli attack on

a US naval base in Bahrain. Iran said its enemies

"will be decisively defeated."

Images from Tehran early Saturday showed residents running

for cover and smoke billowing from the Iranian capital.

Iran says 40 people have been killed in an attack on a girls'

school in the south.

The attack comes after weeks of rising tensions, as Trump has 

repeatedly threatened to attack Iran if talks fail over its nuclear

and missile development programs.