Trump on Saturday announced that they have joined Israel in striking Iran, targeting the country's main uranium enrichment facilities in Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow.

 

In an Address to the Nation following the strikes, the American president said they had carried out “massive precision strikes” on the three key nuclear facilities. “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.”

 

“Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” Trump claimed.

 

The Iraqi government spokesperson says targeting its neighbor’s nuclear sites "poses a serious threat to peace and security in the Middle East and exposes regional stability to grave risks."

 

Iran and Israel have traded fire over the past week, sparked by an extensive Israeli bombardment targeting Iranian nuclear and military facilities across the country. The US initially denied involvement in Israel’s attacks on Iran.

 

Iranian foreign ministry said Sunday that US attacks showed that Washington "will stop at no illegality or crime" to support Israel.

 

Israel has repeatedly stated that it aims to cripple Iran's burgeoning nuclear program, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Tehran of “marching very quickly” toward the production of a nuclear weapon. Iran has maintained that its uranium enrichment program is peaceful and that it has no plans to develop a nuclear weapon.

 

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump claimed that Israel does not “have the capacity” to take out all of Iran’s nuclear facilities without American help.

 

Israel has specifically targeted Iran’s Natanz nuclear research facility in Isfahan, and had made public its intention to target Fordow Enrichment Plant near the city of Qom.

 

Following the US strikes, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization called the attacks “a brutal act that contradicts international laws, especially the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).”