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…
President Trump says he wants “a real end” to Iran’s nuclear problem, with Tehran abandoning it “entirely,” and not just a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. Speaking on Air Force One after cutting short his time at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies, Mr. Trump told reporters, including CBS News senior White House reporter…
Tel Aviv, Israel — Iran fired another wave of missiles at Israel early Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country and killing at least eight civilians as a few of the weapons evaded Israeli air defenses, according to the Israeli military. The deaths came on the fourth day of open warfare between the regional…
