Trump orders airstrikes on Iran, targeting three major nuclear facilities in a dramatic escalation that could reshape the region. Speaking from the White House late Saturday, the US President confirmed the strikes hit enrichment sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, describing the mission as a “spectacular military success”.
“Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity,” Trump said. “Iran’s key nuclear facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
The coordinated strikes were carried out by American stealth bombers using bunker-busting munitions designed to reach fortified underground sites. According to US officials, only American missiles were capable of destroying the deeply buried facility at Fordow.
Trump’s decision to order airstrikes on Iran followed more than a week of Israeli attacks aimed at degrading Iranian defences. In his remarks, Trump credited close collaboration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring: “We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before.”
Netanyahu praised the move, calling it a “bold decision” and saying Trump had deployed “the awesome and righteous might of the United States” to neutralise a historic threat.
Iranian state media acknowledged the strikes, reporting that air defences in Qom and Isfahan provinces engaged incoming targets. Damage to the Fordow facility has been confirmed.
Despite Trump’s previous pledges to avoid “endless wars”, Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran, placing the US at the centre of an increasingly volatile conflict.
Iran’s leadership warned in advance that any US involvement would provoke retaliation. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described the threat as “irreparable”, while Foreign Ministry officials warned the strikes could spark “all-out war”.
Nonetheless, Trump doubled down. “There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than what we have witnessed over the last eight days,” he said. “Tonight’s target was the most difficult and perhaps the most lethal- but it is not the last.”
Domestic reactions have been sharply divided. House Speaker Mike Johnson backed the strikes, saying Trump had “sent a clear message to our adversaries”.
Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, however, condemned the attack as “grossly unconstitutional”, criticising the president for bypassing Congress.
Even within the administration, there was division. Vice President JD Vance reportedly warned Israeli officials against dragging the US into direct conflict. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had publicly questioned whether Iran was actually pursuing nuclear weapons.
Trump orders airstrikes on Iran, and with retaliation already under way, the question now is how far the fallout will spread.
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