After the US and Israel launched a major attack — dubbed by the US as ‘Operation Epic Fury’ — on Iran on Saturday, US President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979.“When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations,” Trump said in a video announcing “major combat operations” were underway.“My administration has taken every possible step to minimise the risk to US personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill,” Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social. “The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties that often happens in war, but we’re doing this, not for now. We’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.”Joint op to place Iranians’ fate in their hands: Bibi“Our joint operation will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the attacks.“This operation will continue as long as necessary. For 47 years, the evil regime in Iran has called for death to Israel, death to America. It trampled on the citizens of its country, it instilled fear in the peoples of the region, it spread a vast network of terror across the entire world,” Netanyahu added, in a recorded message in Hebrew.UK forces join coordinated regional defensive operationsPrime Minister Keir Starmer said British forces and planes were participating in coordinated defensive efforts to protect the country’s interests and allies, but were not taking part in US and Israeli strikes against Iran. “Our forces are active and British planes are in the sky today as part of coordinated regional defensive operations,” he said.Attack illegal, US bases within reach, says IranSenior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, Ebrahim Jabbari, on Saturday said Iran had so far used only “scrap missiles” and would soon unveil unforeseen weapons, state television reported. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said all US bases and interests in the region were within Iran’s reach, and that Iran’s retaliation would continue until “the enemy is decisively defeated”.Tehran has called the attacks unprovoked and illegal.