Trump addresses the nation after we bomb Iran’s nuclear site
After the US attack on three Iranian nuclear sites that President Trump called “very successful,” he addressed the nation from an oval office.
The world fulfilled the possibility of retaliation from Tehran as Iran warned about “eternal consequences” after Iran bombed three major nuclear sites a day ago.
President Donald Trump said there could be more strikes coming on Saturday at the White House live address. “Iran, a bully in the Middle East, must now create peace,” he said. “If not, future attacks will be much bigger and much easier.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses was scheduled to hold a briefing at the Pentagon at 8am Sunday, with the latest details.
Israel welcomed the US decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear bodies, acting as “the world’s most dangerous regime is the world’s most dangerous weapon.”
Elsewhere around the world, the reaction was far more restrained. Some leaders from the United Nations and Britain to Mexico called for rapid ejection, while other longtime US enemies, such as Cuba and Venezuela, were deeply critical of the attack.
“This conflict has devastating consequences for civilians, the region and the world, increasing the risk that this conflict could be out of control,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. Guterres said he was “severely wary” by the US military’s use of Iran.
Russia and China on Sunday condemned the US strike over the US nuclear presence, the country’s foreign ministry said.
“An irresponsible decision to be hit by missiles and bombs on the territory of a sovereign state. Whatever it may be presented, it violates international law, the UN Charter and the resolutions of the UN Security Council,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “We are calling for an end to the attack and an increase in efforts to create conditions to return the situation to a political and diplomatic trajectory.”
China’s foreign ministry said the move would violate the UN Charter and exacerbate tensions in the Middle East. The ministry urged all parties in the conflict to end the attacks on Israel, particularly Israel.
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Trump ordered a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and effectively took part in the war that Israel began when it began bombing Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure on June 13. One of the US targets was Fordow, a uranium enrichment facility hidden deep in remote mountains in the desert.
The nuclear sites of Natanz and Isfahan were also struck. Israel said it will help the US coordinate and plan the strike.
Trump said all three sites have been “completely wiped out” but no independent assessments have yet to be carried out. The International Atomic Energy Agency – the United Nations nuclear watchdog – has issued a statement that so far has not detected an increase in “off-site radiation levels,” one of the threatening outcomes of a strike.
Iran’s next move is being closely monitored. The country is already increasing its rhetoric.
“Iran reserves all options for defending its sovereignty, interests and people,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragut said. Prior to the US strike, Tehran shows that if the pentagon participates in the Israeli war, US military bases and naval vessels in the region could be attacked.
Iran has big weapons of drones and ballistic missiles. I have been using these in Israel for several days. It launched fresh waves of missiles towards Israel just hours after the US bombing began. Iran may choose the diplomatic route Trump encouraged before approving the US attack.
