Here are the commitments, decisions, and actions requiring follow-up mentioned in the press conference:
Military Operations and Objectives
- United States Military: Began major combat operations in Iran.
- Objective: Defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.
- Objective: Destroy Iran's missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground, obliterating it.
- Objective: Annihilate Iran's navy.
- Objective: Ensure the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world, attack U.S. forces, or use IEDs/roadside bombs.
- Objective: Ensure Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon, reiterating that they "can never have a nuclear weapon."
Communication and Demands
United States Military/Speaker: Issued a warning to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces, and all police in Iran.
- Demand: Lay down your weapons.
- Offer: Complete immunity if weapons are laid down.
- Alternative: Face certain death if weapons are not laid down.
Speaker: Addressed the people of Iran.
- Message: The hour of their freedom is at hand.
- Instruction: Stay sheltered, do not leave home, as it is dangerous with bombs dropping.
- Instruction: When finished, "take over your government."
- Justification: This will likely be their only chance for generations.
- Support: America is backing them with overwhelming strength and devastating force.
- Call to Action: Seize control of their destiny and unleash a prosperous and glorious future. This is the moment for action and should not be let pass.
Past Actions and Justifications
- United States Military/Speaker: Obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan in Operation Midnight Hammer last June.
- United States/Speaker: Warned Iran never to resume their pursuit of nuclear weapons after Operation Midnight Hammer.
- United States/Speaker: Sought repeatedly to make a deal with Iran regarding their nuclear ambitions.
Future Considerations and Prayers
- Speaker: Acknowledged that courageous American heroes may be lost and there may be casualties, stating that "that often happens in war."
- Speaker: Expressed prayers for every service member risking their lives to ensure Americans and their children will never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran.
- Speaker: Asked God to protect all heroes in harm's way and trusted that the men and women of the armed forces will prevail.