World News Tonight with David Muir Full Episode: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Mar 1, 2026
Rachel Scott, an ABC reporter who interviewed President Trump, provides call-based reporting and follow-up details. Ian Pannell, an ABC correspondent on the ground in the Middle East, delivers frontline coverage of the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran. They discuss reports of leadership casualties, scope of the joint operation, regional retaliatory strikes, legal and congressional questions, and shifting security and oil risks.
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Daytime Joint Assault Hit Iran's Leadership
- The U.S. and Israel executed a broad daytime assault across at least nine Iranian cities that targeted leadership and military sites.
- Satellite imagery and White House photos show heavy damage to Ayatollah Khamenei's compound and smoke over Tehran after Operation Epic Fury.
U.S. Says Supreme Leader Khamenei Killed
- President Trump and officials claim Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is dead and many top leaders were killed in the strikes.
- The operation used fighter jets, Tomahawk missiles, and new one-way drones to strike command, control, and missile sites.
Operation Epic Fury Was Months In The Making
- The assault, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, was meticulously planned for months and begun at 9:45 a.m. local time.
- Targets included IRG command facilities, missile launchers, defense systems, naval bases, and it involved coordinated naval and air strikes.