Iran said Monday that the U.S. strike on its nuclear sites had expanded the range of legitimate targets for its armed forces and branded U.S. President Donald Trump a “gambler” for joining Israel’s military campaign.
Speaking in a video statement, Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military headquarters, warned Washington of severe consequences. “Mr Trump, the gambler, you may start this war, but we will be the ones to end it,” he said in English.
The statement comes as Iran and Israel continue to exchange air and missile strikes in the wake of Saturday’s U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, which Trump claimed could destabilize or even topple Tehran’s government.
Commercial satellite imagery showed significant damage to Iran’s Fordow facility, though experts said it remained unclear how badly its underground uranium-enrichment systems were hit.
Trump boasted online that “monumental damage” had been inflicted, with “the biggest damage far below ground level.”
General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. forces launched 75 precision munitions and over two dozen Tomahawk missiles at Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites.
Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed there was no increase in off-site radiation but said the underground impact was still being assessed.
An Iranian source told Reuters that much of Fordow’s enriched uranium stock had been relocated prior to the strike, though this remains unverified.
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Democrat Zohran Mamdani officially took office as New York City’s mayor on Thursday, beginning his term with a public swearing-in ceremony on the steps of City Hall.
Dozens of people are feared dead and around 100 others injured after an explosion tore through a crowded bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, authorities said.
Russian athletes will not be allowed to represent their country at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry said in an interview with an Italian newspaper.
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India has approved a major arms deal with Israel valued at approximately $8.7 billion, highlighting the deepening defence partnership between the two countries.
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The United Nations on Friday voiced serious concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan, warning that rising violence is increasingly affecting civilians.
Ukrainian officials reported on Friday that thousands of children and their parents were evacuated from frontline areas in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions as Russian forces continued to advance.
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