US joins Israel in attacking Iran, strikes Fordow, Isfahan, Natanz sites

Iran’s nuclear agency says radiation system data and field surveys do not show signs of contamination or danger to residents near the sites.

President Donald Trump has announced that United States forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites in a “very successful attack”, adding that the heavily fortified Fordow nuclear facility is “gone”.Trump’s decision on Saturday to join Israel’s military campaign against Iran represents a major escalation of the conflict. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the military planes were now on their way home.“NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” he added.Later, in a televised Oval Office address that lasted just more than three minutes, Trump said that Iran’s future held “either peace or tragedy”, and that there were many other targets that could be hit by the US military.“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” Trump said.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to the attacks, accusing Washington of breaching international law.“The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law and the NPT by attacking Iran’s peaceful nuclear installations,” Araghchi said in a social media post.“The events this morning are outrageous and will have everlasting consequences. Each and every member of the UN must be alarmed over this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behavior.”He added that Iran “reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interest, and people”.