On Saturday night, Donald Trump announced that the US had struck three key Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
“Key Iranian nuclear facilities have been completely and permanently destroyed,” said the US president, adding that further attacks would follow if Iran refused to surrender completely.
A total of about six bombs were dropped on the Fordow facility to destroy underground fortifications, and 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at other facilities, Fox News reported. The US used aircraft and submarines. B-2 bombers were used for the attack, a Pentagon representative told Reuters. “Fordow is no more,” Trump wrote on his social network Truth Social.
Given the degree of Fordow’s protection, it will take several days or even longer to assess the consequences of the strikes, Reuters notes. According to Iranian MP Mohammad Manan Raisi, the facility was indeed attacked, but it did not suffer serious damage. Iranian media, citing the country’s nuclear agency, claim that there are no signs of radioactive contamination after the attacks.
