President Donald Trump on June 15, 2025 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Trump announced on Saturday evening via a Truth Social post, which was not preceded by media leaks, that the U.S. had carried out three successful attacks. Fox News' Sean Hannity reported on Saturday that the U.S. used six bunker-buster bombs —each of which weighs 15 tons — in its strikes on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility. The bombs were dropped from American B-2 stealth bombers. Additionally, 30 tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. submarines were used in the attacks on the Nanatz and Isfahan facilities, he reported.
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran. (Getty)
ISRAEL’S ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN CREATE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN NUCLEAR TALKS, EXPERTS SAY
Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on Iran on June 12 after months of attempted and stalled nuclear negotiations and subsequent heightened concern that Iran was advancing its nuclear program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared soon afterward that the strikes were necessary to "roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival."
He added that if Israel had not acted, "Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time."
Israeli air defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over the Israeli city of Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian rockets on June 16, 2025. (Menahem Kahanna/AFP via Getty Images)
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Dubbed "Operation Rising Lion," the strikes targeted Iran's nuclear and missile infrastructure and killed a handful of senior Iranian military leaders.
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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