The United States executed a major airstrike on three Iranian nuclear facilities, asserting that the facilities had been completely destroyed. This action follows a long history of alleged Iranian threats and plotting against American soil, including assassination attempts targeting U.S. officials. Federal authorities have consistently labeled Iran as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, with the FBI noting its history of imprisoning Americans within its territory, harassing and killing dissidents abroad, and orchestrating assassination plots against key U.S. figures.
President Trump claimed during a national broadcast that the airstrikes had obliterated Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, stating,