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A man holds a US flag and a sign with a portrait of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as members of the Iranian community celebrate in Los Angeles on February 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain, on February 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An F-35C Lightning II prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 2, 2026. (US Navy)
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A man holds a US flag and a sign with a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk cruise missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 1, 2026. (US Navy)
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Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the headquarters of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama, Bahrain, on February 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Demonstrators hold a large Iranian flag dating from before the 1979 Islamic revolution during a march in support of the people of Iran in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
