{"id":2450285,"date":"2025-06-21T21:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T01:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-at-war-trump-announces-strikes-on-iran-nuke-sites\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T21:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T01:55:56","slug":"america-at-war-trump-announces-strikes-on-iran-nuke-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-at-war-trump-announces-strikes-on-iran-nuke-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"AMERICA AT WAR: Trump Announces Strikes On Iran Nuke Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerica-at-war-trump-announces-strikes-on-iran-nuke-sites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article reports that President Donald Trump announced U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, including fordow, Natanz, adn Esfahan, shortly after the mission was completed. trump stated on social media that all aircraft returned safely and emphasized the intent for peace with his message &#8220;NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!&#8221; He reiterated his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-russia-and-china-are-not-as-close-as-you-think\/\" title=\"Why Russia and China Are Not as Close as You Think\">long-standing position<\/a> that Iran should not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patrick-buchanan-asias-autocrats-are-calling-mr-biden\/\" title=\"Patrick Buchanan: Asia\u2019s Autocrats Are Calling, Mr. Biden\">possess nuclear weapons<\/a> and has preferred negotiations, although Iran has been resistant to dismantling its nuclear program. The U.S. reportedly possesses unique bunker-buster bombs capable of reaching Iran&#8217;s fortified nuclear facilities.Trump&#8217;s announcement followed a previous declaration that he would decide on military action against Iran within two weeks. 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The announcement came after U.S. airplanes completed the mission and were outside Iranian airspace.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home,&rdquo; Trump said in the post. Sites at Natanz and Esfahan were also bombed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1644855180\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!&rdquo; the president posted in all capital letters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"OEwx4CtNSByKi3L7Jqe02Zxpr6dlVnb5ivNXkOMJqyYazogwVFe5cURpjdcvEfhI\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald J. Trump Truth Social 06.21.25 07:46 PM EST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M025vmNZq6\">pic.twitter.com\/M025vmNZq6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1936573030110531812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump has long said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and has favored negotiation and peace talks between Iran and Israel. But Iran has been unwilling to engage in a discussion that would lead to dismantling its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In ... That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The United States is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/bunker-buster-bomb-iran-israel-conflict-fordow-1a65efca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> the only country with so<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-called bunker-buster bombs large<\/a> enough to potentially penetrate Iran&rsquo;s deeply buried nuclear sites and the aircraft capable of delivering those bombs. Bunker-busters were needed to destroy the Fordow nuclear site, which was tunneled deep under a mountain in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/two-weeks-notice-trumps-deadline-iran-familiar-one-rcna214089\">said<\/a> he would make his &ldquo;decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.&rdquo; Some may have interpreted that to mean Iran had a two-week reprieve, but Trump did not specify a date for his decision. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. 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