The New Dark Age

Sunday, 22 June 2024 — Geopolitical Economy

Donald Trump launched direct US airstrikes on Iran, after helping Israel start a war of aggression. Tehran vowed to retaliate. It could hit some of the 40,000 US troops & dozens of bases in the region

Donald Trump has carried out direct US air strikes on Iran, bombing what he said were three major “nuclear sites”.

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan”, Trump boasted, in a post on his website Truth Social on 21 June.

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Sunday, 22 June 2025 — New Eastern Outlook

⏱What is known at this hour:

🔴US Air Force B-2 bombers attacked nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan overnight.

🔴About 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles were also used.

🔴Trump said that US strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure are a historic moment, after which Iran “must end the war.”

🔴The US President added that in Iran “there are still places to strike, we need a few minutes to hit all the targets.” Either peace comes, or Iran will face “a much more serious tragedy.”

🔴Netanyahu: US strikes on Iran were a “bold decision,” they will “change history.” No country in the world could have done what “the US did to Iranian nuclear facilities.”

🔴There was no irreversible damage to the nuclear facility in Fordow, Iran expected the attack, so it evacuated in advance, an adviser to the chairman of the Iranian parliament said.

🔴Iran does not intend to stop the development of the nuclear industry because of the US strikes, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said.

🔴Iran’s Foreign Ministry: Tehran reserves all possible options to protect its interests and sovereignty after the US strike on nuclear facilities.

🔴The attack will have long-term consequences. The US violated international law and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Minister Araghchi added.

🔴Iran has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after the attack on its nuclear facilities, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic said in a statement.

🔴About 30 Iranian missiles attacked Israeli sites in the early morning. There are reports of injuries.

🔴The IAEA has not recorded an increase in radiation levels outside Iran’s nuclear facilities after the US strikes.

🔖The Trump administration has notified Iran that the strikes on its nuclear facilities are a one-off act and not the start of a “war to change power,” the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a US official.