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US Conducts Airstrikes on Three Iranian Nuclear Facilities

Officials say the operation used 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs against fortified uranium-enrichment sites as Iran neared weapons-grade enrichment.

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Overview

  • President Trump announced weekend strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, calling it a “spectacular military success.”
  • Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough defended the decision, arguing any past president would have felt compelled to act under the same threat.
  • U.S. forces deployed 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles to penetrate underground enrichment chambers.
  • The White House relied on a strike plan inherited from three previous administrations after diplomacy failed to halt Iran’s nuclear advance.
  • U.S. officials are still assessing the full impact on Iran’s buried enrichment infrastructure.