Trump says Iran must make peace or "will go after" other targets
22 June 2025 06:27
WASHINGTON (Reuters) US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran must now make peace or "we will go after" other targets in Iran after US strikes that he said "obliterated" Iranian nuclear sites."There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days," Trump said in a nationally televised speech at the White House.After days of deliberation and long before his self-imposed two-week deadline, Trump's decision to join Israel's military campaign against its major rival Iran represents a major escalation of the conflict."The strikes were a spectacular military success," Trump said in a televised Oval Office address. "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."In his brief speech, Trump said Iran's future held "either peace or tragedy," and that there were many other targets that could be hit by the US military."If peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill."Trump said US forces struck Iran's three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow. He told Fox News six bunker-buster bombs were dropped on Fordow, while 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired against other nuclear sites.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Trump on his "bold decision" which he said will change history.
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