Administration Trump offering immunity to IRGC, Iranian military and police forces by Ryan Mancini - 02/28/26 6:22 PM ET by Ryan Mancini - 02/28/26 6:22 PM ET Share ✕ LinkedIn LinkedIn Email Email NOW PLAYING President Trump on Saturday said he will offer immunity to members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with its military and police forces, after the U.S. and Israel attacked the country earlier in the day. “We are hearing that many of their IRGC, Military, and other Security and Police Forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us,” Trump wrote on Truth Social where he also announced that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  was dead . “As I said last night, ‘Now they can have Immunity, later they only get Death!'” “Hopefully, the IRGC and Police will peacefully merge with the Iranian Patriots, and work together as a unit to bring back the Country to the Greatness it deserves,” the president added. “That process should soon be starting in that, not only the death of Khamenei but the Country has been, in only one day, very much destroyed and, even, obliterated.” The president also said the U.S. bombing campaign on Iran could continue “uninterrupted” over the next week or “as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” The U.S. and Israel carried out a join operation, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” attacking the IRGC command and control facilities, ballistic missile and drone launch sites, military airfields and Iranian air defense systems. The attack took place at 1:15 a.m. EST, with Trump announcing the attack over an hour later in a video posted online. Iran’s Red Crescent counted over 200 people killed during the airstrikes, along with 750 people who were injured, according to Iranian state media. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said it was looking into reports that strikes hit a girls’ school in southern Iran, which Iranian officials said killed more than 80 students.  The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said its strikes hit over 500 targets, including Iranian missile launchers and aerial defense systems. The IDF carried out its longest military flyover in history, with over 200 jets attacking Iran’s missile sites and the IRGC’s air defense systems in western and central Iran. Israel was one of the targets Iran retaliated against following the initial attack, with drones and ballistic missiles also striking Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Each country warned it would retaliate if threatened. The strikes were met with praise from Republican lawmakers and condemnation from Democrats. Some Democratic members of Congress called for a quicker reconvening to force a House vote on a resolution to put a check on Trump’s war powers in check. Few Republicans have said they will back a war powers resolution, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) co-sponsoring it with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Wisc.) became the second Republican to back it. “Surely Congress can be troubled with a vote?” Davidson wrote Saturday on the social platform X. “Surely any administration can define the mission? Or, more of the same ‘as much as it takes, as long as it takes’ in another place.” Add as preferred source on Google Tags Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Donald Trump Ro Khanna Thomas Massie Warren Davidson Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Share ✕ LinkedIn LinkedIn Email Email More Administration News See All Administration Trump says Iranian bombing campaign could last a week or as long as ‘necessary’ by Ryan Mancini 2 hours ago Administration  /  2 hours ago