President Trump Launches Operation Epic Fury in Iran, Inspiring Fears of Retaliation Within America

President Donald Trump has launched the next crucial phase of his bold battle plan to bring Islamic-controlled Iran and its terrorist proxies to their knees — but as the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes intensify, so do fears of retaliation within America.

“There’s the possibility of mobilization of sleeper cell networks here on U.S. soil,” says one political insider. “The war could explode right here in our backyard — Americans must be careful.”

Bernard Zapor, the former deputy assistant director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said in an interview with Sinclair, “There are people who entered the United States illegally, and they may have a very strong affiliation to Iran. They might be here for the purpose of acting against us. It’s a direct call to action,” according to multiple reports.

The recent shooting in Austin, Texas, that left three dead and more than a dozen injured is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism. The suspect, who was fatally shot by police, was wearing a Property of Allah sweatshirt with reports that his T-shirt underneath contained an image of the Iranian flag.

“There can be more strikes at public places such as bars and restaurants,” says the insider. “People can protect their families by having a heightened awareness of their surroundings at all times.”

At the onset of Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, America’s precision missiles eliminated Iran’s iron-fisted Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and dozens of the hardline Islamic cleric’s top aides, The Hill reported. The surprise attack also pulverized key defense installations, walloped the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps barracks, and destroyed at least 11 of Iran’s naval ships in order to protect the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic sea passage through which much of the world’s oil passes.

As Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has declared, the operation has “only just begun,” according to a government transcript. He also revealed at a Pentagon briefing that a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine torpedoed a prized Iranian warship, destroying it in international waters off the coast of the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka.

Hegseth added, “America is winning, decisively, devastatingly and without mercy.”

Tough-as-nails commander in chief Trump gathered his top security and defense advisers inside his war room at Mar-a-Lago in Florida to coordinate with Israel and shut down the possibility of World War III, insiders say.

According to sources, America’s ultimate goal is to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities and eliminate an evil regime that has spread terror throughout the world for nearly five decades.

No-nonsense Trump warns that America’s ass-kicking operation won’t end until the rogue nation’s regime steps down, hands the reins of power to civilian leaders and stops enriching uranium to near weapons-grade level — and there will be hell to pay if they don’t capitulate, because the U.S. has a “virtually unlimited supply” of firepower, he wrote on Truth Social.

“The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better,” Trump announced on Truth Social. “The United States is stocked, and ready to WIN, BIG!!!”

The prez also shared, “The big one is coming soon. We’re knocking the crap out of them. We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened.”

Retired Army Maj. General Paul Vallely tells the National Enquirer the coordinated U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran were planned years in advance, with military commanders and intelligence agencies creating a list of “shared strategic targets” throughout the 636,000-square-mile country.

The decision to attack on Feb. 28 was made when Israeli intelligence learned days earlier that Khamenei and senior military officials were meeting in a central Tehran building complex that houses the offices and residence of the supreme leader and the country’s National Security Council.

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the U.S. struck more than 1,000 targets across Iran during the first 24 hours of the operation, while the Israeli Air Force hit about 500 sites.

On March 3, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building in Qom, about 100 miles south of Tehran, where religious leaders had gathered to handpick a successor for the late Khamenei — with the leading contender said to be the dead dictator’s son Mojtaba Khamenei.

“The American-Zionist criminals attacked the Assembly of Experts building in Qom,” Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.

Freedom-loving Trump, however, is encouraging Iranian citizens to stand up and rebel against their nation’s religious zealots.

“When we are finished, take over your government,” said Trump, who vowed to have American naval ships escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s cowardly leaders threatened to block the passage, which is about 30 miles wide at its narrowest point.

“It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations. For many years, you have asked for America’s help. But you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want. So, let’s see how you respond.”

Meanwhile, Israel conducted strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah fighters — an Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite militia — began launching missiles and drones into the Jewish state, breaking a 2024 ceasefire agreement.

Several nearby Persian Gulf nations are siding with America after Iran unleashed a barrage of missile and drone strikes at neighboring countries — hitting a luxury hotel in the United Arab Emirates’ glittering city of Dubai and energy facilities in Qatar, along with military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

At press time, the Pentagon had identified four of the six American soldiers killed when an Iranian drone hit Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, where they were stationed. According to The New York Times, the heroic fighters were identified as: Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Fla.; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb.; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn.; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa.

Vallely believes the American operation may last about two weeks and include deadly bunker-busting bombs that would incapacitate Iran’s underground nuclear sites.

Some say this is only the beginning and point out the military conflict was predicted by 16th-century French seer Nostradamus, who wrote, per Economic Times, “Seven months great war, people dead through evil/ Rouen, Evreux the King will not fail.” The visionary also stated that “the great man will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt” — which could have predicted Khamenei’s demise.

Michael Szanto, an international relations expert, tells the Enquirer that taking out Iran was crucial to Trump’s plan to make the world safer because the notorious regime has sleeper agents everywhere — including America’s 50 states.

“We face the threat of terrorists, including those sponsored, inspired, armed and trained by Iran,” Szanto explains. “Iranian-backed terrorists are some of the worst in history. This is a threat and danger we have faced since basically the time of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.”

He adds, “The Iranian government has as its mantra, ‘Death to the United States,’ so the danger has always been there. Long-term, the only way to eliminate the danger of murderous terrorism in the United States that’s sponsored by Iran is to remove or topple the extreme radical government in Tehran.”