Marco Rubio warns Tehran against responding after US launched ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ on three key Iranian nuclear sites.
US president Donald Trump has claimed he took a nuclear bomb “right out of Iran’s hands” after launching airstrikes on Tehran’s nuclear facilities.
Seven US stealth bombers dropped 14 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities early on Sunday morning in an operation called ‘Midnight Hammer’.
Tehran said the attack would have “everlasting consequences” and vowed to keep “reserve all options” open to defend Iran.
Hours after the attack, Mr Trump said: “We had a spectacular military success yesterday, taking the “bomb” right out of their hands.”
Iran said nuclear enrichment, which it claims is being developed for peaceful purposes, was not damaged in the attack.
Israel launched missile attacks at Iran on 13 June, after accusing Tehran of being just days away from developing a nuclear weapon.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth described the bombing of the Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan sites as an “incredible and overwhelming success”, adding that they “devastated the Iranian nuclear programme”.
He also warned that any Iranian retaliation will be met with a force “far greater” than the latest strikes.
Credit: www.independent.co.uk
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