Main events on June 21st
- Israel and Iran continue to trade attacks, with the Israeli military saying it is targeting drone storage sites and a weapons facility in Iran, while Iranian projectiles trigger air raid sirens in northern Israel.
- The Israeli military says it has assassinated a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Saeed Izadi, in the city of Qom. Israel accuses him of helping to plan Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.
- US President Donald Trump is meeting his national security team at the White House as he considers joining Israel’s attacks on Iran.
- This comes as the US moved several B-2 stealth bombers to the Pacific territory of Guam.
- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, says Israel has attacked a large nuclear complex in Isfahan, Iran, for a second time in nine days. But he says there is no danger of radiation from the attack.
- Israel continues its attacks on Gaza, killing at least 41 Palestinians across the Strip on Saturday alone.
Trump says US forces have attacked Iran
The president says in a social media post that the US has conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, and that all planes are now out of Iranian airspace.
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
More on US bombing Iran here
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/247202/us-politics-ot/555/
