It's Sunday the first of course.

It's Sunday, the first of March.

It's Sunday, the first of March.

Look at that, a brand new month.

Welcome to this Sunday evening special edition of the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. Operation Epic Fury, as it's being called in the U.S.

Or Operation Roaring Lion, as it's called in Israel, has now entered its second day. The U.S. and

Israeli strikes are continuing across Iran,

targeting ballistic missile arrays, air defense systems, and what remains of the regime's senior

leadership structure. Now, I want to start by taking a look at a statement from Iranian leadership

that hasn't gotten as much attention as I believe it should, because it may be providing some

unintentional insight into the current state of Iran's military. First, a little background. For the

first time in this conflict, Iranian drones struck Oman. Now, that's a country that had largely

been spared, likely because of its longstanding role as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran.

So targeting facilities in Oman by the Iranian regime, well, that's interesting enough.

But what really stands out is how the regime explained those strikes.

When asked about it, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbasaraji had this to say, quote,

What happened in Oman was not our choice.

We have already told our armed forces to be careful about the targets they choose.

Our military units are now, in fact, independent and somewhat isolated,

and they are acting based on general instructions given to them in advance.

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