{"id":3873,"date":"2025-06-22T01:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T01:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3873\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T01:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T01:21:10","slug":"us-joins-israel-strikes-irans-three-nuclear-sites-trump-suggests-fordow-is-destroyed-top-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3873\/","title":{"rendered":"US joins Israel, strikes Iran’s three nuclear sites; Trump suggests Fordow is destroyed \u2013 Top developments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"US In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump<\/a> announced that the American military had struck three Iran\u2019s nuclear sites early Sunday morning local time. The air strikes targeted Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, facilities at the heart of Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment programme and marked a direct US entry into the war between Israel and Iran.\u201cAll planes are now outside of Iran air space,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social. \u201cA full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!\u201d The president is expected to address the nation at 10pm ET.\"-\"The strikes signal a historic and risky US intervention in support of Israel\u2019s goal to dismantle Iran\u2019s nuclear programme. Trump\u2019s decision reverses his earlier stance on avoiding costly foreign wars and opens the door to potential retaliation from Iran against US forces across the region.<\/p>\n

Here are the top developments:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Targeted sites: The attacks focused on Iran\u2019s heavily fortified nuclear facilities. Trump claimed success in striking all three locations \u2014 Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan \u2014 with a full payload dropped on Fordow, considered Iran\u2019s most secure enrichment site.US used B-2 stealth bombers: US officials told news agency Reuters that B-2 stealth bombers were used in the strike. These aircraft are capable of carrying 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs, which were seen as necessary to penetrate Iran\u2019s deeply buried nuclear sites.Coordination with Israel: Israel was informed in advance of the strikes, an Israeli official was quoted as saying to Axios. The attack took place on the ninth day of Israel\u2019s offensive against Iran, which has included efforts to destroy Iranian air defences and missile systems.’Fordow gone’: Trump said on his Truth Social account that Iran’s primary nuclear site, Fordow, was destroyed in the US attacks.\"-\"‘Clear reminder to adversaries’: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson says, “The military operations in Iran should serve as a clear reminder to our adversaries and allies that President Trump means what he says.”Tensions boil over: The air strikes come after more than a week of Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran\u2019s retaliatory measures. Trump had earlier suggested diplomacy might still work, saying a decision would come \u201cin the next two weeks.\u201d But by the weekend, preparations for a military strike had intensified.Shifting stance: Despite deep divides within his \u201cAmerica First\u201d support base, Trump has been clear in his position that \u201cIran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.\u201d He had recently expressed doubt over Israel\u2019s ability to destroy Fordow alone, saying, \u201cThey can break through a little section, but they can’t go down very deep.\u201dFailed diplomacy: Behind the scenes, Trump had made a last attempt to avoid war. He considered sending a White House envoy or even attending a secret meeting himself in Istanbul, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan offering to mediate. However, the talks fell through when Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said to be in hiding due to assassination fears, could not be reached to approve the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump announced that the American…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,69,5176,5177,5178,158,67,132,68,5175],"class_list":{"0":"post-3873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-fordow-facility","12":"tag-iran-nuclear-sites","13":"tag-nuclear-enrichment-program","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-us-military-strike"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114724397547626484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}