US President Donald Trump has claimed that American forces carried out a large-scale airstrike targeting three Iranian nuclear sites, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, marking a major escalation in the ongoing conflict between Tehran and Israel. The announcement, made in the early hours of Sunday morning via Trump’s Truth Social platform, stated that the United States had struck these key sites in Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
According to US officials, B-2 stealth bombers were used to deliver bunker-busting bombs, while American submarines launched dozens of Tomah,ack cruise missiles. Trump praised the mission, calling it a demonstration of US military superiority. ‘Congratulations to our great American warriors,’ he said. ‘There is not another military in the world that could have done this.’
In the same message, the president appeared to call for restraint from Tehran, saying it was now ‘time for peace.’ Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemned the attack as a violation of international law and all relevant treaties, stating that ‘Iran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interests, and people.’ The Iranian military had earlier warned Washington and other external powers against intervening in the conflict, threatening to target hostile assets and weapons shipments intended for Israel.
A spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthi movement also warned that any direct US involvement would result in American warships in the Red Sea becoming targets. Israel launched its military campaign, dubbed Operation Rising Lion, on June 13, describing it as a preemptive effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Tehran, which maintains that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, called the Israeli strikes an act of war and responded with its own missile and drone attacks.