Kentucky, March 11 -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that the United States carried out a military strike against Iran under an operation named "Epic Fury", claiming the action was aimed at eliminating threats posed by what he described as a "terrorist regime".

Addressing a gathering here, Trump said he chose this name for the operation out of the 20 names that the US military generals presented before him.

"I saw 'Epic Fury' and said, 'I like that name," Trump said, describing how officials presented him with a list of possible names for the strike.

"They gave me like 20 names, and I'm like falling asleep, I didn't like any of them. Then I see Epic Fury. I said, 'I like that name. I like that name'," he added. ...