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A apical adept connected the Iran atomic programme believes the regime's atomic programme has been obliterated by Saturday night’s strikes by the United States.
"The atomic programme is nary longer," Jonathan Schanzer, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a "national information and overseas policy" deliberation tank, told Fox News Digital.
"Sources successful Israel study with precocious assurance that this section is over. Responsible parties indispensable inactive region atomic materials from the installation successful Isfahan. But that appears to beryllium the last leafage to turn," helium continued.
President Donald Trump said during his code connected Saturday nighttime that "Iran’s cardinal atomic enrichment facilities person been wholly and wholly obliterated."
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U.S. strikes 3 sites successful Iran. (Fox News)
Fox News reported earlier connected that Isfahan was "the hardest target," according to a elder U.S. official.
"Everyone was talking astir and focused connected Fordow, but Isfahan was really the hardest target," the authoritative said connected background. The U.S. utilized B-2 bombers to transportation retired the mission.
A elder U.S. authoritative besides told Fox News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu communicated aft the strikes and that Israel had been informed up of time.
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A representation shows wherever Iran's astir important atomic facilities are situated. (Fox News/FDD)
Lisa Daftari, Iran adept and Editor-in-Chief of The Foreign Desk, told Fox News Digital, "Both Israeli and U.S. officials recognize that thing little than full demolition of Iran’s atomic infrastructure volition lone effect successful a impermanent pause, not a imperishable end. But to genuinely extremity Iran’s atomic ambitions, the U.S. and its allies indispensable perpetrate to a campaign—beyond these targeted strikes—backed by sustained pressure, intelligence, and the credible menace of further enactment if Iran attempts to rebuild.
"To guarantee the eradication of the regime’s atomic weapons capability, the U.S. indispensable support persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to observe immoderate attempts by Iran’s authorities to disperse, fell oregon rebuild its atomic infrastructure. This would beryllium coupled with continued diplomatic isolation and strict multilateral sanctions blocking the regime’s entree to atomic technology, materials and financing," she said.
Trump announced that the U.S. had struck atomic sites successful Iran – a large improvement amid rising tensions successful the region, arsenic Israel and Iran continued to motorboat airstrikes against each other.
Vice President JD Vance, from left, President Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, US caput of state, and Pete Hegseth, caput of defense, during an code to the federation successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Saturday, June 21, 2025. Trump said the U.S. subject had struck 3 sites successful Iran connected Saturday, marking the archetypal American engagement successful nonstop attacks against Iranian atomic assets successful its struggle with Israel. (Carlos Barria/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"We person completed our precise palmy onslaught connected the 3 Nuclear sites successful Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are present extracurricular of Iran aerial space. A afloat payload of BOMBS was dropped connected the superior site, Fordow," Trump posted to Truth Social connected Saturday night.
"All planes are safely connected their mode home. Congratulations to our large American Warriors. There is not different subject successful the World that could person done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attraction to this matter," helium continued.
Fox News' Sean Hannity said connected Saturday nighttime that President Donald Trump had fixed him details connected the U.S. strikes successful Iran. According to the "Hannity" host, the U.S. utilized six bunker-buster bombs — each of which weighs 15 tons — successful its strikes on Iran's Fordow atomic facility. The bombs were dropped from American B-2 stealth bombers.
During a property league connected Sunday morning, the fig of bunker busters utilized was updated to 14 by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Caine.
Iran's Fordow atomic site, left; stealth bomber B-2, right (Reuters; Getty)
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"President Trump took decisive enactment and enactment to destruct the past vestiges of Iran's atomic weapons program, aft Israel’s sustained strikes, which earnestly damaged the atomic weapons proviso concatenation from uranium conversion to enrichment, and each the mode to weaponization," Andrea Stricker, FDD's Director of Nonproliferation and Biological Weapons told Fox News Digital.
"While Tehran's programme is apt acceptable backmost by years, the United States and Israel request to guarantee the regime's highly enriched uranium stockpiles and each concealed precocious centrifuges are afloat recovered and destroyed — which means much enactment ahead," she added.
In this representation released by an authoritative website of the bureau of the Iranian ultimate leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, reviews equipped forces. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Fordow had 2 entrances and 1 ventilation shaft, which apt served arsenic the entranceway points for the Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs).
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Additionally, 30 Tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. submarines were utilized successful the attacks connected the Nanatz and Isfahan facilities. There is speculation that the missiles were changeable from an Ohio Class Submarine, but determination has been nary confirmation.
Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is simply a authorities writer astatine Fox News Digital successful Washington D.C. Story tips tin beryllium sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and connected Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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