Blog Post #3: U.S Bombing of Iran What happened? So, basically, on Feb 28 th , the U.S and Israel launched an attack on Iran. The US deemed this military operation “Epic Fury.” The goal of this attack was to take out Iran’s nuclear weapons. There have been significant civilian casualties, the total number is unknown, and Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed. What led up to this There were a number of factors that led up to the bombing of Iran, the most