Overview

• President Trump announced Saturday that US forces struck the Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear facilities in Iran.
• He said a full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary target at Fordow and hailed American forces for their precision.
• All US aircraft involved in the operation have exited Iranian airspace and are confirmed to have returned home safely.
• The strikes are intended to degrade Iran’s nuclear program and signal that “now is the time for peace,” according to the president.
• International leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan have offered to mediate while Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned of targeting US vessels in the Red Sea if intervention continues.