US EditionStrikes on Iran mark Trump's biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble
IRAN, JUN 21 – President Trump's airstrike targeted three Iranian nuclear sites with 125+ aircraft, aiming to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions amid rising missile attacks on Israel, U.S. officials said.
- President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in 2025, directly joining Israel’s air campaign against its regional foe.
- The strikes followed Trump’s 2018 withdrawal from Obama’s Iran deal, after which he judged Tehran uninterested in diplomacy.
- The US used bunker-buster bombs on the heavy Fordow site, with Trump calling the strikes a “great success” despite Iran’s denial of nuclear weapon intentions.
- Analysts warned that while the strikes setback Iran’s program, they could entrench its regime or accelerate nuclear weapon development, as Trump faces opposition from Democrats and his party’s anti-interventionist wing.
- The strikes signal a risky escalation that may intensify regional conflict, challenge US foreign policy, and test Trump’s “peace through strength” pledge.
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