After he ordered the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites that constituted the US’s entry into Israel’s war against Iran, Donald Trump insisted that he wanted peace “quickly”, and that the alternative would be “tragedy for Iran” and “far greater” attacks in future. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror,” the US president said in a speech from the White House after the strikes, which were condemned by international law experts as illegal. In March, the US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, told Congress that the 18 US intelligence agencies she oversees “continue[s] to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamanei has not authorised the nuclear weapons programme he suspended in 2003”. However, two hours after Trump said this weekend that she was wrong to cast doubt on his claim that Iran could have a nuclear weapon “within a matter of weeks”, Gabbard posted a statement on social media saying that she agreed with the president. The strikes on Saturday night hit uranium enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Satellite imagery taken by Maxar technologies highlight some of the damage, with Trump quick to claim that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had “completely and totally obliterated” them. However, it remains unclear how much physical damage has been done or what the longer-term impact might be on Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said diplomacy was not an option after the US attack, and that Iran “reserves all rights to defend its security, its interests and its people”. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned of catastrophe in the Middle East, urging diplomacy as the only solution.
Iran’s nuclear facilities before and after US strikes
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After he ordered the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites that constituted the US’s entry into Israel’s war against Iran, Donald Trump insisted that he wanted peace “quickly”, and that the alternative would be “tragedy for Iran” and “far greater” attacks in future. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror,” the US president said in a speech from the White House after the strikes, which were condemned by international law experts as illegal. In March, the US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, told Congress that the 18 US intelligence agencies she oversees “continue[s] to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamanei has not authorised the nuclear weapons programme he suspended in 2003”. However, two hours after Trump said this weekend that she was wrong to cast doubt on his claim that Iran could have a nuclear weapon “within a matter of weeks”, Gabbard posted a statement on social media saying that she agreed with the president. The strikes on Saturday night hit uranium enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Satellite imagery taken by Maxar technologies highlight some of the damage, with Trump quick to claim that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had “completely and totally obliterated” them. However, it remains unclear how much physical damage has been done or what the longer-term impact might be on Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said diplomacy was not an option after the US attack, and that Iran “reserves all rights to defend its security, its interests and its people”. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned of catastrophe in the Middle East, urging diplomacy as the only solution.
