US President Donald Trump says American forces have conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and that all US planes are now out of Iranian airspace.
Israel’s attacks on Iran continue, with Israeli forces targeting military facilities and nuclear sites. Earlier, Iran launched dozens of drones towards Israel.
Trump has publicly rebuked his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she was wrong to state there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon.
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.
The US president says he and the Israeli prime minister worked as a team.
“I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu,” he said.
“We worked as a team, like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they’ve done.”
“There will be either peace, or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days,” Trump said.
“Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight’s was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal, but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill.”
The US president has said the objective of the recent attacks was to stop Iran’s “nuclear enrichment capacity and put a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror”.
“Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success,” he said.
Trump thanks Netanyahu
The US president says he and the Israeli prime minister worked as a team.
“I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu,” he said.
“We worked as a team, like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they’ve done.”
Al Jazeera