CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are holding a news conference Sunday morning to give updates on President Trump’s decision to strike a trio of Iranian nuclear sites. Mr. Trump announced Saturday evening that the U.S. had launched strikes against Iranian…
Iran and Israel have exchanged a barrage of missiles after the United States bombed key Iranian nuclear sites, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East. Iran on Sunday launched two volleys of 27 missiles, targeting Israel’s main Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, research facilities, and command centres, an Iranian state news agency reported. Air…
World leaders reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement Saturday that the U.S. had carried out a “very successful attack” on three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordo. “This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR,” Trump posted on Truth Social….
Reuters A satelite image of Fordo, one of three Iranian nuclear sites hit by Trump US President Donald Trump says the American military has completed strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear…
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images The director of national intelligence had previously said Iran was not building nuclear weapons Tulsi Gabbard says Iran could produce nuclear weapons “within weeks”, months after she testified before Congress that the country was not building them. The US Director of National Intelligence said…
EPA Tehran saw an anti-Israel rally on Friday Iran has said it will not resume talks over its nuclear programme while under attack, hours after Israel’s defence minister warned of a “prolonged” conflict with the Islamic Republic. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met European diplomats in Geneva who urged him to revive diplomatic efforts with the…
Washington — President Trump on Friday said his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she testified in March that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon, marking the second time in a week the president has dismissed the assessment of the intelligence director he selected. The White House this week said Iran has…
Iran has two known underground nuclear enrichment sites, the one Israel attacked on the first day of its assault at Natanz, and another at Fordo. Both sit south of Tehran in central Iran, but Fordo has long been the Iranian nuclear facility of most concern to international monitors and experts. Buried deep in a mountain,…
Global fears rise over nuclear risk from confrontation in the Middle East. Israel says that ending Iran’s nuclear programme is a key aim of its attacks on the country. Israel is widely believed to have nuclear arms, but has never admitted that. So, what are the nuclear capabilities of both sides, and what are the…
President Trump is considering joining Israel’s multiday effort to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. One possible target is Fordo, a subterranean uranium enrichment site that’s believed to be key to Iran’s nuclear program, according to the sources, which include a senior intelligence official and a Department of…
