President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to carry out precision airstrikes on three strategic nuclear facilities in Iran, declaring them “completely and totally obliterated”.
The targeted sites—Fordow, Natanz, and a facility near Isfahan—were struck using B-2 stealth bombers loaded with GBU‑57 bunker-buster munitions and Tomahawk missile fire from U.S. submarines and drones.
In his televised address and accompanying Truth Social proclamation, Mr. Trump justified the strikes as a critical blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, citing its status as the world’s “number one state sponsor of terror.”
The president asserted that U.S. forces “made it out safely” and warned that any Iranian counterattack would be met with “force far greater than what was witnessed tonight.”
Trump said during the press conference:
Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not. Future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier.
For 40 years, Iran has been saying. Death to America, death to Israel. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We lost over 1,000 people and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East, and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate in particular. So many were killed by their general, Qassim Soleimani. I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue.
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There will be either peace, or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight’s was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal. But if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill. Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes. There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight. Not even close. There has never been a military that could do what took place just a little while ago.
Last week, Tehran issued blunt threats, warning of an “all-out war” and specifically referencing American bases in Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE and Syria as high-value targets.
Within hours of the attack, Tehran reacted sharply.
Hellbound and Down 