What we know about US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities

US President Donald Trump says that the US military has completed three nuclear sites in Iran, which represents a major escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan. All aircraft are now outside the Iranian air area,” wrote on Truth Social.

Trump added that “the full load of bombs” was dropped on Fordo, a hidden enrichment factory on the distant mountain side, which is vital to Iranian nuclear ambitions.

Israeli officials say they were “full coordination” with the United States in planning these strikes.

Iran can respond by targeting US military assets in the region. Its officials had warned earlier that they would move and that any American attack risked a regional war.

This is the collapse of what we know yet.

Israel launched a sudden attack on dozens of Iranian nuclear and military targets on June 13. She said that her ambition was to dismantle his nuclear program, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said close to producing a nuclear bomb.

Iran insists on its peaceful nuclear ambitions. In revenge, Tehran fired hundreds of missiles and drones towards Israel. The two countries have continued to exchange strikes since then, in an air war that has now lasted for more than a week.

Trump has long said that he was opposing Iran’s nuclear weapon.

In March, US National Intelligence Director Toulcy Gabbard said that although Iran has increased its uranium stock to unprecedented levels, it was not a nuclear weapon building – a rating that Trump recently said “a mistake.”

On the campaign’s path, President Trump criticized last American administrations for engaging in “endless stupid wars” in the Middle East, and pledged to keep America out of foreign conflicts.

The United States and Iran were in nuclear talks at the time of Israel’s sudden attack. Two days ago, President Trump said that he would give Iran two weeks to enter great negotiations before it was drawn – but this schedule was much shorter.

One of the sites that the United States attacked was a secret nuclear site called Fordo. It is hidden away in the south of Jabal, south of Tehran, and is believed to be deeper underground than the channel tunnel linking the United Kingdom and France.

Experts are a vital uranium enrichment site for Iranian nuclear aspirations.

The depth of Fordo at the bottom of the surface of the earth made it difficult to reach Israel’s weapons. The United States only considered it strong and large “Bunker Buster” bomb to destroy Fordo.

This American bomb is called GBU-57 (MPU-57). It weighs 13,000 kg (30,000 pounds), and is able to penetrate about 18 meters of concrete or 61 meters from the ground before the explosion, according to the experts.

Fordo’s spending ranges from 80 meters to 90 meters below the surface, so the MP is not guaranteed to be successful, but the only bomb that can approach.

US officials have confirmed to the BBC CBC partner that she was used in strikes, with two for each goal.

It is not then clear damage to the US attack on nuclear enrichment facilities, or whether there are any injuries or victims.

The deputy political director of the Iranian state broadcaster, Hassan Abedini, said that Iran had evacuated these three nuclear sites “while it was.”

He said that Iran “was not suffering from a major blow because the materials had already been removed.”

Iran said that more than 200 people have been killed since the last fighting round began with Israel, and more than 1,200 people were injured.

Meanwhile, Israel intensifies security in the wake of American attacks on Iran’s main nuclear sites.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that Israel has tightened its restrictions on public security throughout the country.

The promotion – including “prohibiting educational activities, gatherings and workplaces” – comes after the US strikes on Iran.

Experts say that Iran has been greatly weakened by Israel’s attacks on its military bases so far, in addition to dismantling its regional agents in Lebanon (Hezbollah), in Syria and Gaza (Hamas). But Iran is still able to do a great deal of damage.

Iranian officials have warned the United States against participating, saying it will suffer from “irreparable damage” and that it risks “a comprehensive war” in the region.

He threatened to target the American bases in the region. The United States runs military sites across at least 19 regions in the Middle East, including in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Among the most obvious goals for Iran is the Fifth Fifth Fleet of the US Navy in Mina Salman in Bahrain.

It can also be targeted by a decisive shipping road known as the Hormuz Strait, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Indian Ocean through which 30 % of the world’s oil supplies are transported. It can also attack other sea roads that risk destabilizing the global markets.

Iran can also target the origins of the nearby countries that are imagining that it is helping the United States, which risks the war that the entire region leakes.

Under American law, the president does not have the only power to declare war on another country. Only Congress – legislators elected in the House of Representatives and the Senate – can.

But the law also states that the president is the commander of the armed forces. This means that he can deploy American forces and make military operations without official announcement of the war.

For example, Trump’s decision to make air strikes in Syria in 2017 against the Assad regime was not approved by Congress. Instead, Trump disposed of one side, citing national security and humanitarian reasons.

Some legislators on both sides of the corridor have recently tried to limit Trump’s ability to order strikes in Iran by pushing the decision of the war authorities through Congress, although it might take weeks of his position in an official vote, and these measures are more symbolic than essential.