LIVE: Trump says US has bombed Iran’s Fordow, Isfahan, Natanz nuclear sites
… Iran launched a retaliatory attack
President Donald Trump says US forces have conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. He also warns against any retaliation, saying: “Remember, there are many targets left.”
However, lran has carried out a retaliatory attack on lstrael.
Iran’s attack on Israel comes after U.S struck three nuclear facilities in lran overnight.
Iranian Foreign Minister says the “outrageous” US attacks on Iran’s “peaceful nuclear installations” will have “everlasting consequences”.
Nuclear energy watchdog says there have been no reports of increased off-site radiation levels following the US strikes on the Iranian sites.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises Trump’s “bold decision” and says Israel and the US acted in “full coordination”.
This recent action by Trump has generated some reactions and fear of the unknown from some quarters as people are not sure of what next to follow.
Some analysts have condemned U.S recent attack on lran’s nuclear sites saying, Trump has breached the earlier set aside 2weeks window for negotiation and also has gone against the international law.
Trump has eventually allowed Netanyahu to drag U.S into the war. Not surprising anyway, when Trump says, something, he does another. A critic added.
Istraeli Media reports that at least 16 people wounded after Iranian missile hit central and northern lstrael.
Iran says more than 400 people have been killed and at least 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its attack on June 13. In Israel, at least 24 people have been killed in Iranian strikes.
Meanwhile, airlines largely avoid Middle Eastern airspace after US strikes on Iran
Carriers have continued to steer clear of significant areas of the Middle East today following the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to the flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
“Following US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, commercial traffic in the region is operating as it has since new airspace restrictions were put into place last week,” it said on social media.
Its website showed airlines were not flying in the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Syria and Israel. They have chosen other routings such as north via the Caspian Sea or south via Egypt and Saudi Arabia, even if it results in higher fuel and crew costs and longer flight times.
Air traffic was already diverting around the region’s airspace due to recent missile exchanges.
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