Full-scale hostilities between the U.S. and Iran began in March 2026.

Posted by Bannon`s War Room, Jul 27, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Confidence: 60%

Bannon`s War RoomJul 27, 2026

The claim that full-scale hostilities began in March 2026 is contradicted by sources that date the start of the war and its major combat operations to February 28, 2026. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's 'beginning of this war in March' wording, but March 1 and later are the intensification period, not the start.

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What was said

… course, we've seen, in fact, a resumption of active hostilities and then, uh, dialing back, uh, and, you know, sort of using this rhetoric of uh military pressure to try to achieve some, uh, breakthroughs at the negotiating table. That hasn't been working. It kind of seems as though neither the U.S. Nor the Iranian side wants a resumption of the fullest scale hostilities that we saw at the beginning of this war in March, but at the same time, neither side is in a place yet where it's ready to make the concessions that would be necessary actually to reach some sort of negotiated deal. So we have this kind of in between place of back and forth, and neither peace nor war. …

Bannon`s War Room · Jul 27, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Contradicts. The Congressional Research Service states that U.S. and Israeli strikes beginning February 28, 2026 started the conflict, with Operation Epic Fury initiated that day.[3]

Contradicts. Trump announced the start of 'major combat operations' in a video statement after Operation Epic Fury began at 1:15 a.m. EST on February 28, 2026.[4][5]

Contradicts. Britannica and Wikipedia both date the start of the 2026 Iran war and Operation Epic Fury to February 28, 2026, with the opening wave of nearly 900 strikes in 12 hours.[6][7]

Contradicts. Snopes dates the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran to late February 2026, with U.S. strikes beginning early February 28.[1]

Context. The deadliest strike on U.S. troops, at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait, occurred March 1, 2026, the day after the war began, showing March as a period of escalation rather than the start.[2]