Overview

• President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that US forces struck the Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites Saturday evening as tensions with Iran escalated.
• The strikes relied on B-2 stealth bombers carrying Massive Ordnance Penetrators capable of penetrating roughly 300 feet of rock at the Fordow facility.
• Fordow houses about 2,700 centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% purity, a stockpile that could yield enough weapon-grade material for up to nine bombs in three weeks.
• Natanz includes six above-ground halls and three subterranean chambers for up to 50,000 centrifuges, while Isfahan hosts research reactors, fuel conversion and cladding plants.
• Tehran’s vow of retaliation raises the prospect of a wider Middle East conflict and further complicates stalled diplomatic efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.