While the Israeli-Iranian war continued on its 10th day with mutual attacks, the US was actually involved in the war for the first time. US forces struck Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.

 

US President Donald Trump personally announced the attack. Posting on his virtual media accont, Trump said: "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home."

 

ADDRESS TO THE NATION FROM TRUMP

 

Later in the day, the US President delivered a State of the Union address at the White House on the attack on Iran. In his speech, Trump claimed that Iran's key uranium enrichment facilities had been "completely and totally obliterated" and thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Claiming that they "worked as a team, perhaps as no team has ever worked before" and that they have come a long way towards "erasing this terrible threat to Israel", Trump described the attack as a "magnificent military success".

 

Stating that Iran "must make peace", Trump said, "If they don't, future attacks will be much bigger and much easier. Iran has been saying death to America and death to Israel for 40 years," Trump said. "Iran were killing our people, blown their legs off with roadside bombs," Trump said, adding that more than a thousand Americans and hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East and around the world have "died as a direct result of the hate."

 

"With all of this, this cannot continue," Trump said, adding that Iran has the choice of "peace or a tragedy far greater than what we have witnessed over the last eight days." 

 

"Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight was by far the most difficult. But if peace does not come quickly, we will after those other targets with precision speed and skill. Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutea. There is no army in the world that can do what we did tonight, not even close."