TEHRAN – US President Donald Trump did on Sunday what the world over, most importantly, American voters warned him not to do so. He flew a B-2 bomber in Iran, took part in the war against the Israeli state, and launched a clash with Iran’s nuclear facilities at three locations.
The president then took him to his social media platform and announced that the attack was a “magnificent military success” and that Iran’s major nuclear enrichment facility had been “completely and completely wiped out.”
It’s not difficult to understand that Trump is wrong about the effectiveness of his attack. The two sites he attacked, Esfahan and Natantz, had been previously attacked by Israel last Friday, leaving the facility emptying enriched uranium and important enrichment technology. His attack on Fordow was new, but the outcome was not. The satellite image shows only one entrance and shows that one of the five existing outlets has been damaged. The main site itself – buried several dozen meters underground and protected by mountains – remains intact.
Residents photographing the Fordow from afar were unable to detect smoke or fire. Reports from QOM, the city closest to nuclear facilities, observed normal cities that function with people heading for unaffected daily errands. They appeared to have agreed with a country fighting the war 10 days after Israel began it on June 13th.
Iran and the United States were involved in indirect nuclear negotiations before the outbreak of war. Speaking at the OIC meeting in Ankara, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araguchi clearly stated that the US disappeared in Sunday’s strike and that it helped Israel carry out its implementation, not Iran’s nuclear facility, and not “or rather diplomacy.” During the ongoing air campaign against Iran, at least 400 civilians have been killed and 2,000 have been injured, according to latest health ministry figures.
The current situation faces repeated claims of our claim that while being informed of the first Israeli attack, the Americans themselves were not involved. In his first remarks after Sunday’s attack, Iranian President Masuud Pezeshkian said at a cabinet meeting that Tehran knew that the US was supporting Israeli war with Iran, but that the American strike proved Washington was indeed an instigator. “They first tried to hide their involvement, but after seeing Israel crushed, they had no choice but to enter war directly.”
Experts believe Israel’s first strike — targeting top Iranian military leaders in residential buildings — is not designed for a long-term war. The administration and its American supporters supported the assassination of the general. They block retaliation and rally Iranians to overthrow the government. Neither goal was successful. Instead, Iran became stronger unified, and its troops began retaliation the same day its top general was assassinated, bashing Israel and wreaking havoc in the occupying territories under new, careful military leadership. Under these circumstances, analysts told the Tehran Times that the US was forced to intervene to produce Israel’s “winner.”
What’s going to happen now?
Hours after the attack, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses broke the silence, saying the Trump administration was not trying to expand the war and sent a private message to Tehran calling for a “return to negotiations.”
However, Iranians have previously warned that direct American attacks would be filled with retaliation. Earlier this week, Ayatollah Seiyed Ali Khamenei, leader of the Islamic Revolution, said in a video message that “our strikes will cause ‘irreparable harm’ for Americans.
It is clear that Iran will continue to target Israel, facing economic and social disruptions and daily Iranian missile and drone attacks.
As for the US, Iran has several options. These include attacks on one or more of the 19 American bases in the region, houses around 50,000 troops or workers, closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a quarter of the world’s oil passes, and changes in the nuclear doctrine. Iranians have shown they will comply with the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT), so direct military response remains the most likely next step, at least for the time being.
According to Fars News, Iran estimates that the war could last up to six months and is ready to keep it up.
Meanwhile, all of this has pushed the region onto the brink of a regional fire. This has avoided situations that have been avoided over and over again over the past 20 months due to unidentified Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria.
Regional countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, said in another statement released on Sunday that they were concerned about our “lasting consequences” against Iran.