Visualizing the US-Israeli attack on Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
Visualizing the US-Israeli attack on Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
Lou Robinson, Renée Rigdon, Rosa de Acosta, Janie Boschma, Matt Stiles, CNNSat, February 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM UTC
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The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran, which President Donald Trump said would lay waste to the country’s military, obliterate its nuclear program, and could even topple its regime.
In a video on Truth Social, Trump accused Iran of rejecting “every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions,” and said the US “can’t take it anymore.”
The strikes targeted several cities across Iran, including its capital Tehran.
In retaliation, Iran said it targeted US military facilities in several countries in the Gulf that host US military bases, as well as sending barrages of missiles towards Israel.
US-Israeli strikes targeted Iran’s Supreme Leader
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in the heart of Tehran was struck and Israel said it had confirmed later Saturday that the supreme leader was killed, according to two Israeli sources familiar with the matter. The news came shortly after Iran claimed its leaders were “safe and sound.”
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This satellite image from Airbus shows black smoke rising from the compound of Iran’s supreme leader in the capital Tehran on Saturday. Damage seen in the image appears to show that several buildings in the compound were hit by strikes, after the US and Israel launched joint attacks.
Smoke billows above the compound of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday February 28. - AirbusInternet access has been disrupted across Iran
As of Saturday night local time, Iran’s internet connectivity had dropped to about 4% following the strikes.
Strikes caused regional flight disruptions
Data from Flightradar24 shows virtually no flight traffic over Iran and other Middle Eastern countries after the strikes. This graphic compares air traffic from a week ago to traffic on Saturday evening, local time.
Christian Edwards, Karina Tsui, Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent contributed to this report.
This story has been with additional developments.
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