US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US “devastated the Iranian nuclear programme” with its overnight strikes on three sites.
Hegseth says the strikes were not about regime change – but that “President Trump has consistently stated for over 10 years that Iran must not get a nuclear weapon”
The US sent bombers over the Pacific as a decoy, and did not come under fire during the operation, Hegseth adds
In the same Pentagon update, General Dan Caine says the US used 75 “precision guided” weapons, including 14 “Massive Ordnance Penetrators” – also known as “bunker busters”
BBC Verify has looked at new satellite pictures of the Fordo nuclear site, showing six fresh craters
Earlier, President Trump told Iran to “make peace” or face “far greater” attacks in future
In response to the attacks, Iran warned of “everlasting consequences” and accused Trump of “betrayal”
Iran’s foreign minister has said America has “crossed a red line”, she says, explaining that the strikes have “certainly put this tension into new terrain” which is “very unpredictable” and “perilous”.
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