Overview

• On the conflict’s tenth day, US B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk missiles joined Israeli aircraft in striking Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites.
• Vice President JD Vance said the strikes targeted Tehran’s nuclear ambitions rather than Iran itself and set back its program by years.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency reported no detectable increase in off-site radiation after the attacks.
• Iran condemned the airstrikes and vowed retaliation, raising fears of a wider confrontation in the Middle East.
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other world leaders warned the strikes risk expanding the war and inflicting humanitarian harm.