“Welcome to Hannity. We begin tonight with this Fox News alert. I just spoke to the President of the United States,” he said. “I have some new information and breaking details to share about tonight’s what is historic air campaign. Now, tonight, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, they are officially dead.”
Fordow flattened as Natanz and Isfahan also obliterated in US strikes
Sean Hannity confirmed the destruction of Iran’s nuclear sites and unveiled that at least six massive bunker buster bombs were used to take out the Fordow facility—a lot more than the two previously speculated.
“It appears the United States just completely obliterated Iran’s top secret Fordo nuclear facility with six huge bunker buster bombs. It was originally speculated that you would need two,” he said. “It turns out they used five to six dropped from America’s stealth B-2 bombers, and that’s not all.”
“Two other major Iranian nuclear sites, Natanz and Isfahan, were wiped out with 30 Tomahawk missiles launched by American submarines some 400 miles away,” he continued, before reassuring viewers, “Everyone is out of harm’s way for now. That does not mean that American assets in the region are not at risk, and we are monitoring the Iranian response or potential response all throughout the night.”
Trump confirmed the US had successfully completed strikes on three nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. He said key enrichment centers had been “totally and completely obliterated.”
Donald Trump demands Iran ‘make peace immediately’
President Donald Trump also issued a stark warning. He said it was now on Iran to make the next move—but it wouldn’t end well if they chose poorly.
“If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier. For 40 years, Iran has been saying death to America, death to Israel,” he declared.
Trump also made it clear the US wasn’t short on targets. “There were many targets left,” he said, and warned any retaliation by Tehran would be met with “force far greater than what was witnessed tonight.”
He also gave a shout-out to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before,” Trump said, adding they’d come a long way toward “erasing this horrible threat to Israel.”
Netanyahu said that the “awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history,” adding in a video address, “The United States has done what no other country on Earth could do.”
Iran, the UN, and the world react
Iran’s state media quickly claimed there was no threat to civilians, even near the heavily hit Fordow site. “There is no danger to the people of Qom and the surrounding area,” the Crisis Management Headquarters in Qom, where Fordow is located, told IRNA.
Al Jazeera quoted another Iranian official who downplayed the strike’s impact. “Fordow has long been evacuated and has not suffered any irreversible damage,” they reportedly told the outlet. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority said they hadn’t detected any radioactive effects in Gulf states.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called the US attack a breach of international law. “The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law, and the NPT by attacking Iran’s peaceful nuclear installations,” Araghchi said in a statement.
The Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation also chimed in, labeling the strikes “a barbaric act that violated international law, especially the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.”
Iranian state TV subsequently announced missile launches against Israel early Sunday, with explosions heard above Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Over in Yemen, a Houthi official aligned with Iran said a response to the US attack was “only a matter of time.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the US strikes as “a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.”
Guterres added, “There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world,” as quoted by The Guardian.
