Overview

• The U.S. used B-2 bombers to strike three Iranian nuclear sites, which President Trump said were successfully obliterated.
• North Korean state media initially covered the Iran-Israel conflict by quoting Russian and Iranian foreign ministry statements without adding its own commentary.
• North Korea’s foreign ministry issued a statement strongly denouncing the U.S. strikes as a violation of Iran’s territorial integrity and a breach of the U.N. Charter.
• Pyongyang blamed the U.S. and Israel for escalating tensions in the Middle East and called on the international community to condemn their actions.
• The escalation follows Iran’s earlier assault involving about 100 fighter jets and suicide drones targeting military sites in Haifa and Tel Aviv.