{"id":1111,"date":"2025-06-22T14:35:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefridaynews.com\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2025-06-22T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:36:39","slug":"midnight-hammer-trumps-strike-obliterates-irans-nuclear-sites-middle-east-on-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefridaynews.com\/?p=1111","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMidnight Hammer: Trump\u2019s Strike \u2018Obliterates\u2019 Iran\u2019s Nuclear Sites, Middle East on Brink\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US President Donald Trump said US air strikes on Sunday \u201ctotally obliterated\u201d Iran\u2019s main nuclear sites, as Washington joined Israel\u2019s war with Tehran in a flashpoint moment for the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condemning the US attacks as a violation of international law, Iran&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IRIMFA_EN\/status\/1936675016365515052\">said<\/a>&nbsp;it was \u201cresolved to defend Iran\u2019s territory, sovereignty, security and people by all force\u201d. It also responded with a volley of missiles at Israel that wounded scores of people in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key developments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US strikes Iran\u2019s Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pentagon chief says US operation not aimed at regime change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top US general details weapons used in \u201cOperation Midnight Hammer\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iran warns of \u2018everlasting consequences\u2019, says US betrayed diplomacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pakistan condemns attacks, voices support for Tehran\u2019s right to defend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Democrats criticise decision \u2018without Congress approval\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The US president had stepped up his rhetoric against Iran since Israel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1916899\">first struck<\/a>&nbsp;Iran on June 13, repeating his insistence that it could never have a nuclear weapon. Tehran has consistently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1722538#:~:text=Iran%20has%20always%20denied%20any%20ambition%20to%20develop%20an%20atomic%20bomb\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;the claim, saying its uranium enrichment programme is for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel had launched wide-scale air strikes against Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, military sites and private residences, killing top&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1917041\/irans-state-tv-says-heavy-and-destructive-attacks-against-israel-expected-within-hours#:~:text=New%20military%20brass%20appointed%20after%20commanders%20killed\">commanders<\/a>, scientists and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1918702\">hundreds<\/a>&nbsp;others. Both countries have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1918048\/iran-israel-trade-fresh-air-attacks-as-trump-weighs-us-involvement\">traded<\/a>&nbsp;wave after wave of devastating strikes since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a televised address to the nation from the White House earlier today, Trump warned that the United States would go after more targets if Iran did not make peace quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intervention by a US president who had vowed to avoid another \u201cforever war\u201d in the region threatens to dramatically widen the conflict, with Iran having said it would retaliate if Washington got involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success,\u201d said Trump, adding that they targeted the crucial underground nuclear enrichment plant of Fordow along with facilities at Natanz and Isfahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace,\u201d said Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Trump on the strikes, saying that \u201cthe awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump spoke to Netanyahu after the attacks, while the US also gave Israel a \u201cheads up\u201d before the strikes, a senior White House official told&nbsp;<em>AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long after, sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and explosions were heard from Jerusalem as Iranian state TV announced a fresh salvo of missiles launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tehran said there were \u201cno signs of contamination\u201d after the US attacks and Saudi regulators said \u201cno radioactive effects were detected\u201d in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian media&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/233460\/Official-in-Iran-s-Qom-confirms-attack-on-Fordow-site\">confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;that part of the Fordow plant, as well as the Isfahan and Natanz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1918984\/what-are-the-key-sites-in-irans-nuclear-programme\">nuclear sites<\/a>, were attacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US strikes push the Middle East to the brink of a major new conflagration in a region already aflame for more than 20 months with devastating conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as a toppled ruler in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tehran had threatened reprisals on US forces in the Middle East if Trump attacked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump said US air strikes on Sunday \u201ctotally obliterated\u201d Iran\u2019s main nuclear sites, as Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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