Iran’s foreign minister has branded Donald Trump a ‘lawless bully’ who ‘betrayed’ diplomacy after the US blew up three nuclear bases overnight – as he warned the world is facing an ‘unprecedented level of danger’.
In a press conference after the strikes, US President Trump said he had ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, and warned of the possibility of more attacks to come.
In return, Iran targeted Israel in a set of attacks this morning – with emergency services reporting at least 16 people are injured, including a young man with shrapnel wounds to his upper body.
The US will be braced for Iranian attacks on its forces in the region.
Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi furiously condemned the US strikes during a press conference today, in which he attacked Trump and threatened to act on the attack.
‘Humanity has come too far as a species to allow a lawless bully to take us back to the law of the jungle,’ he said.
Araghchi added that ‘urgent and decisive action’ must now be taken, warning that ‘silence’ will ‘plunge the world into an unprecedented level of danger’.
Top US officials urged Iran to surrender today after strikes on the nation’s nuclear sites ‘severely damaged’ its nuclear capabilities overnight.
Trump broke his two-week deadline on Saturday night as he launched ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’, sending a fleet of B-2 bombers to key nuclear sites.
The US strikes included 14 bunker-buster bombs, more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles and over 125 military aircraft.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a morning press conference that the strikes were ‘bold’ and ‘brilliant’, and warned Iran that there would be dire consequences if it does not come to the negotiating table.
Officials admitted that the strikes on the Fordow site, a deep underground nuclear enrichment facility, may not have been entirely destroyed in the operation, but described it as significantly damaged.
The press conference came as world leaders condemned Trump’s decision to wade into the conflict, with Chinese President Xi Jinping saying Trump ‘violated international peace’.
Iran’s foreign minister branded Trump a ‘lawless bully’ who ‘betrayed’ diplomacy after the US blew up three nuclear bases.
Early this morning, Iran retaliated by targeting Israel in a devastating set of attacks – with emergency services reporting more than a dozen people injured.
Horrific photos showed entire buildings obliterated while cars were crushed by debris and residents forced to evacuate their homes.
