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US joins Israeli bombing campaign against Tehran: LIVE UPDATES
President Trump has confirmed the first American air raids on targets in Iran
The US military has joined Israeli forces in their week-long airstrike campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites, with President Trump confirming the first US strikes on Sunday.
“A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,” Trump announced in a post on Truth Social, adding that other targets included Natanz and Esfahan.
In the same message, the US leader appeared to urge Tehran not to retaliate and to engage in talks, claiming it was now “time for peace.”
Tehran has previously warned Washington and other third parties against joining the conflict, threatening to target any hostile assets and weapons shipments bound for Israel. A spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthis has also warned that if the US becomes involved, the group “will target its warships in the Red Sea.”
Israel launched its Operation Rising Lion as a “preemptive” strike, allegedly aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear bomb. Tehran, which has consistently maintained that its nuclear program is peaceful, called the attack an act of war and responded with missile and drone strikes of its own.
Israeli strikes have killed at least 430 Iranians and injured more than 3,500 civilians, according to Iran’s Health Ministry. Israeli officials have reported 25 deaths and over 2,500 injuries.
22 June 202502:32 GMT
The White House has released photographs taken inside the Situation Room during the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, offering a rare glimpse into the moment top officials oversaw the operation.
In the images, President Donald Trump is seen seated at the center of the command table, surrounded by key members of his national security team, including Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles.
The photos were taken as American aircraft carried out precision bombing raids on Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, in what Trump later described as a “spectacular military success.”
02:16 GMTPresident Donald Trump has warned Tehran to “make peace” or face further attacks, just hours after the United States carried out “massive precision strikes” on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites.
In a televised address from the White House on Saturday night, the US president claimed that told “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
The US president went on to warn Tehran against retaliation, calling it the “bully of the Middle East.”"Iran…must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier," he said.
01:57 GMTUS President Donald Trump hailed the airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as “an amazing success,”in a brief phone interview with Reuters, praising the pilots involved and claiming, “Fordow is gone and the other two are gone now.”
“They should make peace immediately. They should stop immediately. Otherwise they'll get hit again,” Trump warned Tehran.
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