“Trump Bombs Iran | What Happens Now?”, Jun 22, 2025, John Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell discuss the U.S. attack on Iran, The Rest is Politics, duration of video 43:53, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
“US Strikes Iran in Dangerous Act of War Following US-Enabled Israeli Attacks”, Jun 22, 2025, Brian Berletic analyzes the origins and possible consequences of the U.S. Attack on Iran, The New Atlas, duration of video 1:16:39, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
“Israel-Iran war live: US defence secretary says strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities an ‘incredible and overwhelming success’ ”, Jun 22, 2025, Vicky Graham (now) with Harry Taylor, Helen Davidson, Ben Smee and Jonathan Yerushalmy (earlier), this is live coverage with numerous articles and reports of the ongoing developments in the Middle East following the U.S. air attack on Iran, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/
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Introduction by dmorista: Beginning on Friday, June 20th and continuing throughout the day on Saturday, June 21, 2025, the U.S. military launched a massive aerial attack on Iran, bombing Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow. These attacks included B2s carrying 14 of the GBU-57 Bunker Buster bombs (apparently 7 B-2s were involved as each B-2 can carry two GBU-57s). Also a large number of Tomahawk Missiles, fired from U.S. Nuclear powered submarines, were used in the air attack.
Trump appeared, flanked by fellow war-ciminals Vice-President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of “Defense”, Pete Hegseth, and claimed that the U.S. had inflicted massive damage on Iran's nuclear capabilities. Of course the real most important collaborators and war criminals are the various billionaire oligarchs; who are supporters and funders of Trump's fascist political movement.
War Criminals (Photo lineups)
Exactly what damage was actually inflicted is not yet clear. But Iran is certain to respond by either attacking U.S. military support bases and perhaps by closing the Straits of Hormuz. Closing the Straits of Hormuz
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“Trump Bombs Iran | What Happens Now?”, Jun 22, 2025, John Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell discuss the U.S. attack on Iran, The Rest is Politics, duration of video 43:53, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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“US Strikes Iran in Dangerous Act of War Following US-Enabled Israeli Attacks”, Jun 22, 2025, Brian Berletic analyzes the origins and possible consequences of the U.S. Attack on Iran, The New Atlas, duration of video 1:16:39, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Israel-Iran war live: Israel bombs ‘dozens’ of targets across Iran after US claims strikes at nuclear sites were ‘overwhelming success’
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth says attacks have devastated Iran’s nuclear programme
Hegseth: strikes on Iran were 'incredible and overwhelming success that devastated Iran's nuclear program'
US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth has said the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites were an “incredible and overwhelming” success that “devastated” the country’s nuclear program.
At a press conference at The Pentagon, Hegseth said the “precision strikes” were “focused, powerful and clear”.
He said the operation solely targeted Iranian nuclear sites, rather than Iranian troops or civilians.
He said: “Last night on President Trump’s orders, US central command conducted a precision strike in the middle of the night against three nuclear facilities in Iran … in order to destroy or severely degrade Iran’s nuclear program.
“It was an incredible and overwhelming success. The order we received from our commander in chief was focused, it was powerful, and it was clear. We devastated the Iranian nuclear program.”
Iran health ministry: None of wounded 'showed any signs of radioactive contamination'
Iran’s health ministry said that the US strikes on its nuclear facilities had wounded an unspecified number of people but that none “showed any signs of radioactive contamination.”
“For years, the ministry of health has set up nuclear emergency units in the nearest medical facilities to nuclear sites,” ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on X.
“Fortunately, none of the injured individuals who were transferred to these centres following the American bombardment showed any signs of radioactive contamination,” he added.
Israel strikes 'dozens' of targets across Iran on Sunday
Israel said that its fighter jets had struck “dozens” of targets across Iran on Sunday, including a long-range missile site in Yazd in the centre of the country for the first time, Agence France Presse reports.
A military statement said that “approximately 30 IAF (air force) fighter jets struck dozens of military targets throughout Iran” - including “the ‘Imam Hussein’ Strategic Missile Command Center in the Yazd area, where long-range Khorramshahr missiles were stored.”
The statement also confirmed strikes on missile launchers in Bushehr province, where a “massive explosion” was reported by Iranian media on Sunday, as well as in Ahvaz in the south-west and central Isfahan.
Donald Trump was quick to claim that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had “completely and totally obliterated” them. Still, it remains unclear how much physical damage has been done or what the longer-term impact might be on Iran’s nuclear programme.
What was the target?
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) confirmed that attacks took place on its Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz sites, but insisted that its nuclear programme would not be stopped. Both Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog said there were no immediate signs of radioactive contamination around the three locations after the strikes.
The Iranian Red Crescent also reported no deaths in the US strikes on the nuclear sites, appearing to confirm Iranian claims they had been evacuated in advance. In the immediate aftermath, US military officials suggested the three sites had suffered “severe damage” after an operation that had been weeks in planning, suggesting that it was fully coordinated in advance with Israel.
The Pentagon said a battle damage assessment was still being conducted.
What do we know about the strike on Fordow?
Long regarded as the most difficult military target among Iran’s nuclear sites, the uranium enrichment facilities at Fordow – the primary target of the operation – are buried beneath the Zagros mountains. Reports have suggested that the site was constructed beneath between 45 and 90 metres of bedrock, largely limestone and dolomite.
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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has announced that it will set up a ministerial contact group to establish regular contact with regional and international parties to support de-escalation efforts and “stop the aggression against Iran”.
On Sunday, in a joint declaration following a meeting of OIC foreign ministers in Istanbul, the 57-member group condemned “the aggression of Israel”, as well as emphasized “the urgent need to stop Israeli attacks and their great concern regarding this dangerous escalation”.
The joint statement, which did not mention the US’s bombs against Iran, also urged the international community to take “deterrent measures to stop this aggression and make Israel accountable for crimes committed”.
Following JD Vance’s earlier comments to NBC (see post), the US vice president has also been talking to ABC, telling the broadcaster that US air strikes on Iran had significantly delayed its nuclear programme, but Americans were not at war with the country itself.
He said
“I don’t want to get into sensitive intelligence here, but we know that we set the Iranian nuclear program back substantially last night, whether it’s years or beyond.
We’re not at war with Iran – we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear programme. And I think the president took decisive action to destroy that programme last night.”
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