India, Feb. 28 -- After the US-Israel joint strikes on Iran triggered a wider tensions in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the goal of the military strikes on Tehran was "freedom" for the Iranian people.

Trump was speaking hours after Israel and US jointly launched strikes on Iran, which among other things targeted the area near Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei's residence and a school east of Iran, leaving at least 50 dead.

"All I want is freedom for the people," Trump told the Washington Post on a phone call, adding "I want a safe nation, and that's what we're going to have."

Iran's Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour are believed to have been killed ...