US President Donald Trump says American forces have conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and that all US planes are now out of Iranian airspace.
Israel’s attacks on Iran continue, with Israeli forces targeting military facilities and nuclear sites. Earlier, Iran launched dozens of drones towards Israel.
Earlier the U.S. Air Force deployed B-2 Spirit strategic bombers to Diego Garcia, a key American base in the Indian Ocean, amid the Iran-Israel conflict.
While the Pentagon has not confirmed the movement, multiple defense sources suggest that the stealth bombers could be en route to the remote island facility, which has long served as a strategic hub for U.S. operations in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East regions.
The aircraft, manufactured by Northrop Grumman and operated by the U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command, are capable of delivering both 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker busters and nuclear payloads over intercontinental distances. Their ability to operate undetected in contested airspace makes them a critical element of American long-range strike capabilities.
Trump has publicly rebuked his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she was wrong to state there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon.
We haven’t had any confirmation or reaction from Iranian officials yet.
But Iran’s position has been very clear. It has said that if the US takes part in this military campaign alongside Israel, the Iranians will consider US troops and bases in the region as legitimate targets for attack.
There are about 19 US bases in the Middle East, which are home to about 40,000 US troops, and the Iranians have said that these troops will not be safe if the US joins this conflict.
I also want to point out that the three locations the US has bombed are significant in Iran’s nuclear programme.
The facilities at Fordow and Natanz – these are the only two nuclear facilities in which Iran has been enriching uranium at 60 percent levels. And in Isfahan, also a facility that Iran uses to convert uranium.
According to an IAEA report from 2022, 90 percent of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is stored at this facility in Isfahan. So these are critical sites within the broader picture of Iran’s nuclear programme.
There are six nuclear facilities in Iran, and the three that the US has targeted are a critical part of the whole programme.
United States Senator Lindsey Graham has taken to social media to praise Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear facilities.
“Good. This was the right call. The regime deserves it,” Graham posted on X. “To my fellow citizens: We have the best Air Force in the world. It makes me so proud.”
“Fly, Fight, Win.”
US President Donald Trump is hopeful the strikes he ordered on three Iranian nuclear sites will propel Tehran back to negotiations, and doesn’t currently plan additional US actions inside Iran as he presses its leaders to “agree to end this war,” according to sources familiar with the matter.
Trump had come to believe over the last several days that US forces were necessary to taking out Iran’s highly fortified nuclear facilities, and made the decision when it seemed clear that diplomacy remained deadlocked.
While Trump continues to hold out hope that diplomacy will now be able to proceed, American forces in the region are prepared for Iranian retaliation.
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