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US BELLIGERANCE IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL WP: Israel-Iran live updates ... Trump says key Iranian nuclear facilities ‘totally obliterated’ in U.S. strikes Original article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/21/israel-iran-live-updates-us-trump/ | |||||||||
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Trump says key Iranian nuclear facilities ‘totally obliterated’ in U.S. strikes
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June 21, 2025 at 11:24 p.m. EDT26 min ago
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In an address to the nation, President Donald Trump, speaking from the White House on June 21, said U.S. warplanes had struck three Iranian nuclear facilities. (Video: The Washington Post)
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President Donald Trump said Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities had been “completely and totally obliterated” after U.S. warplanes carried out strikes on three nuclear sites in the country. “Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace,” Trump said in an address to the nation, hinting at the possibility of further action if a nuclear agreement was not reached. On Truth Social, he warned Tehran that any retaliation against the United States “WILL BE MET WITH FORCE FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS WITNESSED TONIGHT.” In a defiant statement, Iran’s nuclear agency condemned the strikes and vowed that its nuclear program would continue. In Israel, authorities reintroduced restrictions for civilians after the strikes, with workplaces and schools closed.
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Israeli authorities announce restrictions for civilians
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Authorities in Israel have brought back restrictions for civilians after the United States announced that it had struck three nuclear facilities in Iran, marking a major escalation in the conflict and setting the region on edge. Workplaces and schools will remain closed, the Home Front Command of the Israel Defense Forces announced in a statement, with all activities limited to essential services until Monday morning. The Israel Airports Authority also announced that Israeli airspace was closed.
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Iran’s atomic agency condemns U.S. strike, vows to continue nuclear program
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Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization on Sunday described the U.S. strikes on nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan as an act of “lawlessness based on the rules of the jungle” in a defiant statement that vowed the Iranian nuclear program would continue.
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In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump warned Iran that any retaliation against the United States for the strikes “WILL BE MET WITH FORCE FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS WITNESSED TONIGHT.”
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “will change history.” Praising President Donald Trump, Netanyahu said the United States “acted with a lot of strength.” He added that Trump’s leadership “can help lead the Middle East and beyond to a future of prosperity and peace.”
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The Trump administration told Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) about the U.S. strike on Iran ahead of the announcement — but it was “a perfunctory notification without any details,” according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private call.
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U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said late Saturday that he was “gravely alarmed” by the U.S. attack on Iran, calling it “a dangerous escalation” and “a direct threat to international peace and security.”
“There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control — with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region and the world,” he said.
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Amy B Wang
President Donald Trump’s public remarks about the Iran strikes were brief, clocking in at about 3½ minutes. He was joined by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, all of whom nodded at various points during Trump’s remarks but did not speak.
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President Donald Trump delivers his address to the nation. (Carlos Barria/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Closing his remarks, Trump thanked God.
“We love you, God, and we love our great military,” he said. “Protect them. God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel, and God bless America.”
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Cat Zakrzewski
President Donald Trump blamed Iran for hundreds of thousands of deaths throughout the Middle East and the world.
“For 40 years Iran has been saying, ‘Death to America, death to Israel,’ ” Trump said.
He singled out Qasem Soleimani, the military leader who was killed in a drone strike that Trump ordered in 2020.
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Trump said that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth would hold a news conference at the Pentagon at 8 a.m. on Sunday to provide more information on the attack on Iran’s nuclear sites.
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Trump said there will “be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran” if an agreement is not reached.
“There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight. Not even close,” he said in his public address.
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Amy B Wang
President Donald Trump called Iran “a bully of the Middle East” and said the country must now make peace. “If they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier,” Trump warned.
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