Trump Warns Tehran to "Make Peace"
In a dramatic escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict, U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Sunday that American warplanes carried out precision strikes against three major Iranian nuclear facilities, demanding Tehran "make peace" or face further attacks.
The targeted sites were the heavily fortified Fordo uranium enrichment plant deep inside a mountainside, the Natanz enrichment facility, and a site in Isfahan. President Trump declared the strikes a significant success in a televised address.
"Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight was the most difficult of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal," Trump stated. "But if peace doesn’t come quickly we will go to those other targets with precision, speed and skill." He asserted that the "nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
The Fordo site, buried an estimated 80-90 meters underground, presented a unique challenge. U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that the operation employed GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) "bunker buster" bombs, believed to be the only munitions globally capable of potentially reaching such depths. Reports indicated two bombs were used at each site.
Iranian officials swiftly downplayed the impact. Hassan Abedini, an official with Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, claimed the targeted facilities had been evacuated "a while ago" and essential materials removed. "We didn't suffer a major blow because the materials had already been taken out," Abedini stated.
Independent verification of the damage remains unavailable. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Mark Kimmitt expressed skepticism about the long-term impact to the BBC, saying, "There’s no way to suggest that it has been destroyed for all time." The extent of structural damage and whether there were any casualties is currently unclear.
The U.S. strikes mark a direct and highly significant intervention by Washington into the ongoing hostilities between Iran and Israel, dramatically raising the stakes and intensifying global concerns over regional stability. The world now awaits Iran's formal response and watches to see if this action will force negotiations or trigger a wider conflict.
#Source :BBC/ African report file/CBS News
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