What They’re Saying About Operation Epic Fury—March 22, 2026
U.S.
“🚫 FALSE: Rumors claim the Iranian regime recently shot down a U.S. F-15 over Iran.
“✅ TRUE: U.S. forces have flown more than 8,000 combat flights during Operation Epic Fury. No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran.”
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz | X
“We’ve now seen Italy, Germany, France and a number of others commit to help with this effort [securing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz] . . . Particularly since so much energy is going to Europe out of the straits . . . So we are seeing our allies come around, as they should.”
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz | X
“The president is not messing around. He stands, unlike his predecessors, by his red lines, and he’s not going to allow this genocidal regime to hold the world's energy supplies or economies hostage.”
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz | X
“As the UN Ambassador, I've cited to the Security Council, the two decades of Security Council Resolutions, that countries have voted for around the world, to ensure Iran doesn’t have a nuke— but @POTUS isn’t just going to send strongly-worded letters.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer | X
“The Trump administration in a nutshell: 1. Launch a war with no plan or strategy 2. Lift sanctions on the country you went to war against 3. Do all of this to solve a problem that was created by your reckless, dangerous, and impulsive decision to launch said war in the first place Our ‘commander-in-chief’ is exceptionally dumb.”
“So here’s what I’d tell President Trump: ‘Keep it up for a few more weeks, take Kharg Island where all of the resources they have to produce oil, control that island, let this regime die on the vine.”
“To the American people: They [the Iranian regime] were two weeks away from having 90 percent enriched uranium to make 10 bombs. They’ve got missiles that go 4,000 km. We’re not gonna live that way anymore.”
ISRAEL
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Israeli Government Website
“If anyone needed an explanation of why Iran is the enemy of civilization, and the enemy and the danger to the entire world. You got it in the last 48 hours. In the last 48 hours, they fired a terror weapon on civilians, on children. There's a children's nursery here. There's an old person's home here. Civilians, families, they fire terror weapons on civilians, and often they use cluster bombs, which are forbidden by international law. The second thing that they did is that they fired on Jerusalem right next to the holy places. . . . The third thing they did is they fired an intercontinental ballistic missile 4,000 kilometers right into Diego Garcia, the American-British base. . . . The fourth thing that they did is that they shut down the important maritime Strait of Hormuz, trying to blackmail the world with oil terror blackmail. . . . And I ask the leaders of the world, the leaders of the free world, the leaders of the moderate states, what more are you waiting for? President Trump has correctly said that Israel, the United States and Israel in this great partnership, we're fighting the battle not only for ourselves, but for all of you. And he asked a simple question, where are you? And it's time to heed President Trump's call, his leadership and his vision, not merely for our sake, but for your sake.
“✈️🎯IAF STRIKES IN TEHRAN CONTINUE
“A wide-scale wave of strikes on security bodies targeted:
• A military base used for training soldiers and storing missile systems intended to target aircrafts
• A weapons production and storage facility of the Ministry of Defense
• A weapons production site of the IRGC’s Air Force
• HQ of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and the emergency HQ of the Internal Security Forces.”
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs | X
“The Iranian regime is the mastermind of a global terror network. With its long-range missiles & through the IRGC and its proxies - Hezbollah, Hamas, PIJ, the Houthis - it fuels chaos and bloodshed far beyond its borders, from the Middle East to Europe and beyond. The Iranian regime is the greatest threat to world peace and the free world.”
IRAN
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | X
“Immediately after the power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, the critical infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and oil facilities throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be destroyed in an irreversible manner, and the price of oil will remain high for a long time. And throw down what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have made.”
President Masoud Pezeshkian | X
“The illusion of erasing Iran from the map shows desperation against the will of a history-making nation. Threats and terror only strengthen our unity. The Strait of Hormuz is open to all except those who violate our soil. We firmly confront delirious threats on the battlefield.”
GULF STATES
Saudi Ministry of Defense Official Spokesperson | X
“Detection of the launch of 3 ballistic missiles toward the Riyadh area, one of which was intercepted, while the other two missiles fell in an uninhabited area.”
“The UAE air defence systems on 22th March 2026 engaged 4 ballistic missiles and 25 UAVs launched from Iran. Since the onset of the blatant Iranian aggression, UAE air defences have engaged 345 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,773 UAVs. These attacks have resulted in the martyrdom of 2 members of the armed forces while performing their national duty, as well as 6 fatalities of Pakistani, Nepali, Bangladeshi and Palestinian nationalities. A total of 160 people were also injured, with injuries ranging from minor to moderate and severe.”
Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi | Arab News
“The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has renewed his condemnation of the continued Iranian escalatory attacks on member states, describing Tehran’s actions ‘as unacceptable acts of aggression that undermine de-escalation efforts and threaten both regional and international security.’ ‘These attacks involve the deliberate targeting of infrastructure and oil facilities in flagrant violation of international law and norms, posing a direct threat to regional security and the stability of global energy supplies.’”
NATO
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte | X
“And now, with Iran, I’m absolutely convinced—and I understand the president’s frustration that it takes some time, but again, I also ask for some understanding, because nations had to prepare for this not knowing, and for good reasons, about the initial attack on Iran—but now coming together to make sure that we can be able to secure the Strait of Hormuz.”
EUROPE
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper | BBC News
“As the prime minister has made clear we will provide defensive support against these reckless Iranian threats but we have not been—and we continue not to be—involved in offensive action . . . We will not be drawn into a wider conflict because we think we need to see as swift as possible resolution in the UK national interest but also to support regional stability.”
UKRAINE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky | Independent
“Therefore, you see that our diplomatic meetings, trilateral meetings, are constantly postponed. There is one reason: war in Iran. . . . I believe that any split in Nato will weaken both sides. I would really like President Trump to meet with Starmer, with the main countries, so that they have a common position. We want to be allies with that kind of Nato, a strong Nato, where everyone respects one another and is ready to defend.”
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