The red line has been crossed - Trump orders US bombers to strike Iran's nuclear centers

Washington / Tehran / Tel Aviv - June 22, 2025 - In an escalation with unforeseeable consequences, US President Donald Trump confirmed that American forces struck three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday night - Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The attacks mark the first direct military involvement of the United States in the war between Israel and Iran and represent a dangerous turning point: the global power has become entangled in a regional wildfire it once vowed to avoid. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "All aircraft are out of the country. A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary target, Fordow." According to the Pentagon, B-2 stealth bombers and 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs were used - the only ones of their kind in the world, capable of destroying deeply buried uranium enrichment facilities. Tehran had warned that if Washington actively joined the attacks, it would "consider all options of retaliation." Now the very scenario US military strategists have feared for years looms large - an open war with Iran, a country whose proxy network stretches from the Houthi militias in Yemen to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Shia militias in Iraq.

While European mediation efforts in Geneva continued without success, Israeli fighter jets bombed Iranian research facilities once again. In Isfahan, a centrifuge complex was heavily damaged. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed "significant damage" but warned of radioactive escalation. Although no leaks have been reported so far, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi spoke of the danger of a "catastrophic release" should the Bushehr nuclear power plant be hit. Since the beginning of the war, Iran has fired over 450 rockets and 1,000 drones at Israel, according to the Israeli military. At least 24 people have been killed in Israel and more than 1,000 wounded. On the Iranian side, more than 720 people have reportedly died - including many civilians, according to independent sources. At the same time, Houthi rebels in Yemen announced they would resume attacks on US ships in the Red Sea - assaults they had halted in May under a deal with Washington. In Turkey, Iraq, and Lebanon, thousands protested the escalation, while Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi called it a "very dangerous development" and President Pezeshkian stated that the right to peaceful nuclear technology "cannot be taken by bombs."

The irony could hardly be greater - the very president who once dismantled the nuclear deal with Iran is now the first to deliberately bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. Since the US withdrawal in 2018, Iran has enriched uranium to 60% - technically just one step away from weapons-grade material. While the US and Israel demand a complete halt to the program, Tehran insists on its right to peaceful use. Inside the country, chaos and fear prevail - internet access is blocked, hospitals are filling up, and people are fleeing - through Armenia, through Turkey. Two Iranian commanders were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes, including Saeed Izadi (Hamas financier) and Behnam Shahriyari (Quds Force weapons logistics). But what is the cost? The world now faces a dilemma that can no longer be answered by military means alone. Trump, who once promised "no new wars," has started one that may prove nearly impossible to control - in a region where every new fire rarely dies out before igniting the next.