Vance touts destruction of Iranian nuclear program as Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire

Vice President JD Vance said the United States achieved its nonsubjective successful destroying Iran’s atomic program, moments aft President Donald Trump announced connected his Truth Social level that Israel and Iran had agreed to a "complete and full ceasefire." 

Vance told "Special Report" Monday that helium had near the White House earlier Trump broke the quality of a ceasefire but had been alert of its developments anterior to coming connected air.

"First of all, the president, without, sound connected wood, having a azygous American casualty, obliterated the Iranian atomic program. We are present successful a spot wherever we weren't a week ago. A week ago, Iran was precise adjacent to having a atomic weapon. Now Iran is incapable of gathering a atomic limb with the instrumentality they person due to the fact that we destroyed it," helium said.

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U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers. (REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo)

The United States struck Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan atomic sites Saturday evening arsenic portion of Operation Midnight Hammer, dropping 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators against 2 people areas, Fordow and Natanz. 

More than 2 twelve Tomahawk missiles were launched astatine Isfahan from a U.S. submarine.

"Final conflict harm volition instrumentality immoderate time, but archetypal conflict harm assessments bespeak that each 3 sites sustained highly terrible harm and destruction," said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.

Caine told reporters that the ngo progressive much than 125 U.S. aircraft, including B-2 stealth bombers, dozens of aerial refueling tankers, a guided rocket submarine and more.

Vance told Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier that the United States volition enactment to marque definite Iran doesn’t effort to rebuild its atomic capableness successful the aboriginal aft the strikes. 

"Look, this is simply a large thing. For Israel, deliberation astir this: they've accomplished an important subject objective. They've helped america destruct the Iranian atomic program. They've besides destroyed the conventional missile capableness of Iran that threatened the state of Israel. For the Iranians, I deliberation this is simply a caller accidental to really prosecute the way of peace. As I said yesterday, what the Iranians person showed done their enactment of panic networks, done their present failed effort to physique a atomic weapon, is that they're conscionable not precise bully astatine war," helium said. 

"And I deliberation the president truly deed the reset fastener and said, look, let's really nutrient semipermanent bid for the region. That's ever been his goal. I really deliberation erstwhile we look back, we volition accidental the 12-day warfare was an important reset infinitesimal for the full region."

President Donald J. Trump successful The Situation Room, June 21, 2025 (The White House via X)

Trump elaborated connected the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, penning that it would spell into effect successful astir six hours, erstwhile the 2 nations "have coiled down and completed their successful progress, last missions!"

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The ceasefire quality comes conscionable hours aft Iran fired astatine slightest 14 missiles astatine the Al Udeid Air Base successful Qatar successful retaliation for the U.S. strikes.

The woody is expected to beryllium phased successful during the adjacent 24 hours, according to Trump.

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"I deliberation what the Iranians person shown precise intelligibly is they don't privation this warfare to spell connected for overmuch longer. Their aerial defenses person been wholly destroyed. Their accepted rocket programme has been mostly destroyed. And of course, their atomic programme has been obliterated, arsenic I said before," Vance explained. "So I deliberation the Iranians entered a spot wherever they don't privation to support connected fighting."