Live updates: Hegseth says US not seeking Iran regime change
The Middle East woke up Sunday to news that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites in what President Trump described on Saturday night as a "spectacular military success." He called on Iran to make a peace deal quickly or warned it would face more attacks.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine briefed reporters Sunday morning on U.S. strikes that hit three Iranian nuclear facilities.
President Trump delivered a brief speech Saturday night, calling the operation a "spectacular military success."
"Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace," he said in an address to the nation from the East Room of the White House.
The bombs targeted three nuclear sites in Natanz, Esfahan and Fordow, located inside a mountain. Six "bunker buster" bombs were reportedly dropped on Fordow, while more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles were launched at the other two sites.
The bombings put the U.S. directly in Iran's crosshairs for retaliation and made it an active participant in the Mideast war, which Israel launched with airstrikes against Iran on June 13.
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