The BBC reports that Iran is weighing its response after U.S. airstrikes over the weekend targeted key nuclear sites, significantly setting back its nuclear program, according to American officials. The operation, codenamed Midnight Hammer, involved 125 aircraft and 75 precision weapons, including massive bunker-buster bombs. The strikes come amid escalating direct conflict between Iran and Israel. President Trump warned of stronger future action if Iran does not agree to a nuclear deal. They write:
The operation – codenamed Midnight Hammer – involved 125 US military aircraft and targeted three nuclear facilities: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
They were hit between 22:40 GMT and 23:05 GMT on Saturday (02:40-03:05 on Sunday Tehran time), the US said. […]
Fourteen GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs) were dropped on the Fordo site, a nuclear enrichment facility buried deep below a mountain outside Tehran, which is vital to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. […]
Shortly after the strikes, US President Donald Trump – who had been publicly calling for a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme – made a televised address and said future attacks would be “far greater” if Iran did not agree to a deal, adding: “Remember, there are many targets left.”
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