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.

The United States took military action in Iran, President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 28, following repeated threats from his administration to intervene due to violence against anti-government protesters and claims that the Iranian government has been rebuilding its nuclear program.

The U.S. and Israel were striking Iran on Saturday morning, with Iranian media reporting explosions across the capital Tehran.

Protestors gathered Providence Saturday afternoon to speak out against strikes in Iran by the United States and Israel.

Governments around the world urged restraint after the United States and Israel launched a major assault, and Iran vowed retaliation.

After an overnight joint operation by the armed forces of the United States and Israel on Iran, U.S. lawmakers woke up to an unsteady situation unfolding in the Middle East.

The United States and Israel bombed Iran Feb. 28, with President Donald Trump accusing Iran of building nuclear weapons that threaten U.S. allies and could "soon" reach the U.S. Iran retaliated by attacking Israel and Middle Eastern countries that host U.S. military bases.

Prediction markets are not convinced President Donald Trump’s war in Iran will quickly topple its regime. Polymarket gives the United States and Israel only a 28 percent chance of ousting Iran’s