STORY: Iran's IRGC senior commander, Ebrahim Jabbari, said on Saturday (February 28), Iran was prepared to use advanced and most powerful missiles in war with U.S. following strikes carried out by the U.S. and Israel, targeting its top leaders and plunging the Middle East into a conflict that U.S. President, Donald Trump, said would end a security threat to the U.S. and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers.

"We are equipped with the most advanced capabilities to fight you for years," Ebrahim Jabbari said in a televised address.

The first wave of strikes in what the Pentagon named "OPERATION EPIC FURY" mainly targeted Iranian officials, a source familiar with the matter said, two days after indirect talks mediated by Oman failed to produce a breakthrough on Iran's nuclear program.

The renewed confrontation between Iran and its long-time foes threatened to further dim hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's nuclear dispute with the West.

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SHOWS: TEHRAN, IRAN (FEBRUARY 28, 2026) (POOL VIA WANA - No use BBC Persian. No use VOA Persian. No use Manoto. No use Iran International. No use Radio Farda.)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi), ADVISER TO REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, EBRAHIM JABBARI, SAYING:

“Trump should know that today, we are equipped with the most advanced capabilities to fight you for years. At the start of the war, we are firing whatever we have at the bottom of our stockpile, but as it continues, we will use our most powerful missiles. The things we have not revealed until now, the ones we have kept under wraps , we will also bring out these days.”