BREAKING: US Hits Iranian Nuclear Sites

Beege Welborn 8:00 PM | June 21, 2025
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

***TRUMP TO ADDRESS THE NATION AT 10 PM EST***

And away we go.

So three days is within the two weeks.

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And I guess those B-2s crossing over to Guam, on their way were a decoy.

I'll update as we know more. Supposedly, the White House had called a lid, but all things considered, they might have something to say.

Prayers up for the safety of our troops in the area.

Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, with Fordow being the big dog everyone was worried about because there were some estimates that the inner guts of that facility were some 90 meters deep.

Israel said Trump let them know that we were going in as one would imagine:


Why it matters: Trump's decision to intervene directly in support of Israel's effort to dismantle Iran's nuclear program marks a historic escalation in the Middle East.



  • It's an intervention fraught with risks and uncertainty — one that Trump and many of his predecessors had sought to avoid, including through diplomacy with Iran.
  • The attack, which came on the ninth night of the unprecedented war between Israel and Iran, could provoke retaliation from Tehran against U.S. troops and military installations across the region.

Behind the scenes: Trump met with his national security team in the White House Situation Room on Saturday evening.

  • An Israeli official said Israel was notified by the Trump administration in advance of the U.S. strikes in Iran.

Maybe the Ayatollah shouldn't have been so quick to talk smack.

If you'll remember, it was just a couple of days ago he threw Trump's demands back at him.

MORE: Here's a quick recap of what was in the IAEA report that provoked the current situation. Time had literally run out for safely prodding the Iranians to give things up.

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Key items: 

•Iran can convert its current stock of 60 percent enriched uranium into 233 kg of WGU in three weeks at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), enough for 9 nuclear weapons, taken as 25 kg of weapon-grade uranium (WGU) per weapon. 

•Iran has no civilian use or justification for its production of 60 percent enriched uranium, particularly at the level of hundreds of kilograms. Its rush to make much more, quickly depleting its stock of near 20 percent enriched uranium, which has a civilian use in research reactors. 

- From the IAEA report: “The significantly increased production and accumulation of highly enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear-weapon State to produce such nuclear material, is of serious concern.”

Jennifer Griffin on Fox is saying in all her years at the Pentagon she has 

'Never seen such operational security.'

Nothing leaked.

'No other country in the world could have carried off what happened tonight.'

This is spectacular.

WELP: 

More on the address

MORE: John Thune sends that 'the regime in Iran has rejected all pathways to peace. Stand with President Trump and the troops who stand in harm's way.'

And here is Griffin's statement on the operational security, which is such a testament to Hegseth and the General who planned this operation. Kudos all around on AMAZING OpSec

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Here's some information on that Isfahan site: Good call to smack the crap out of that, too.

While the attacks on Fordo and Natanz were expected, Isfahan was actually the more complex, and less discussed, target. Laboratories there did work on how to convert uranium into the form that would be needed to actually produce a weapon. And most of the near-bomb-grade fuel, enriched to 60 percent, was in specialty casks, deep inside one of the many laboratories and storage sites. Their locations were known by international inspectors, at least until a few weeks ago. It was unclear whether Iran had moved those supplies, as some Iranian officials suggested, in recent days.

Thomas Massie and Ro Kanna are already screaming this was unconstitutional and insisting everyone get back to D.C. to vote on their War Powers Act bill that would have restricted Trump's action. Good luck with that, as presidents have wide latitude when the safety of American troops is in doubt, and considering what's been happening over the past two weeks and the formerly heightened state of Iran's nuclear program, Trump had every right in the world to hit these sites and has shown tremendous patience giving the Iranians the rope to hang themselves with.

Johnson was, of course, in on it.

Schweet.

B-2s from Whiteman AFB had left their base earlier in the week, supposedly because they were doing base maintenance that required the runways to be closed, so they flew the birds out. Guess what ones they used in the strike?

HAH!

Israel has closed the beaches down, and general recreational activities to restrict the movement of civilians (workplaces and schools closed as well)  Trey Yingst is reporting many folks are moving to shelters in anticipation of an Iranian response. They've declared a national emergency and directed everyone to obey the instructions on the national website. They're also waiting on an IDF statement.

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So much speculation on what's next. Where does this go? It's going to be so interesting to hear what the president has to say, but what does the ayatollah do? Lash out? Activate their sleeper cells here?

Speaker Johnson says 'this should remind our enemies and allies that President Trump means what he said.'

Complete silence out of the Democratic leadership.

UPDATE:  Hannity is saying he talked to Trump and they used SIX of those monster bunker busters on the Fordow site and THIRTY Tomahawks on the other two. Holy BIG BADDA BOOM.

Hannity says he is being told by sources that they believe Fordow is 'gone.' A submarine supposedly fired the 30 Tomahawks that helped clean up the other two, which they said the Israelis had damaged but had not destroyed.

MORE: 

...which was estimated to be up to 90 meters underground inside a mountain, with initial damage assessments indicated that the facility had been “taken off the table.”

I don't normally much care for Hannity, but he just did a great job running through all the American blood the Iranians have spilled basically with impunity since 1979. 

This is for you, Marine Barracks, Beirut.

And Khobar Towers.

This is pretty hilarious smack talk. Cannot 'bomb knowledge'? How many of the top nuclear wonks are left after two weeks of Israel picking them off?

Mehdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser to Mohammad Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, said in a post on social media that Iran had been anticipating attacks on Fordo for several nights. “The site had been evacuated a long time ago and the damages are not irreversible,” he wrote, adding, “you cannot bomb knowledge.”

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This is just so brilliant, and so brilliantly executed.

Sorry. Had to.

All this. ALL THIS.

And you know, for all Levin's yelling, he's right just now. Xi and Putin are watching this, go, 'Whoa.'

Democrats are already calling for impeachment.

Looks like Baghdad Bob is busy.

... “A few hours ago, following activation of Qom air defense systems and identification of hostile targets, a part of the area of Fordow nuclear site, was attacked by enemy air forces.”

THERE ARE NO AMERICAN FORCES NEAR BAGHDAD

This is where it starts to get dicey on the ground in Iran. God help these folks to find their way free.

This is a beauty from a good friend.

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Yes, sir. I VOTED FOR THIS.

This is a pretty reliable source, and I haven't seen the video debunked yet, which has happened with every one so far tonight.

More from CNN

... What were we going to expect the Iranians to offer?...I think the use of deception and trickery in this case, first of all, was successful. But second of all, saved the potential loss of American lives."

Jennifer Griffin is reporting that the B-2s are on their way home to Whiteman AFB. Safe skies to them.

Okay she said something else that perked my ears up = Iranian ships in Bandar Abbas mysteriously blew up tonight. She said the Israelis denied having anything to do with it, so her feeling was Navy SEALS may have been in the water.

This is video of the smokes, etc and I've copied the translation.

The Israeli Air Force is carrying out strikes against Iranian drone storage facilities and other weapons depots in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, the military says.

And the President is speaking. Tune into Ed

God bless America


BWAHAhahahaha!

And I'm dead.

Great situation room pictures from the White House, but someone seemed to be missing and it turned out she was.

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Gonna be some talk about 'Where's Tulsi?'

Okay, everyone. I'm gonna sign off because until there's a daylight site assessment, it's all talking heads/rehashing stuff time.

Hegseth and his magnificent team are going to have a press conference at 0800 tomorrow EST.

As Ed said earlier, I don't want to hear another word about Hegseth not being up to the job ever again. 

I can't thank you guys enough for sticking with us here as things unfolded on this so impactful and historic evening. Bless you all.

May the good Lord watch over our incredible troops, keep them safely out of harm's way, and do the same for this president of ours.

God bless America.

And to our dear friend Scipio Williams, whose broken body was one of those pulled from that building in Beirut and who never got to see his children grow up - it took a while, but this one's for you, brother.

Semper Fi

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