Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine announced Sunday that the United States carried out a devastating series of airstrikes on three of Iran’s most critical nuclear facilities.
The overnight operation, dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, targeted sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
“Last night, on President Trump’s orders, U.S. Central Command conducted a precision strike… to destroy or severely degrade Iran’s nuclear program,” Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing. “It was an incredible and overwhelming success.”
The announcement came just hours after President Donald Trump revealed the mission in a televised Saturday night address. Flanked by Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump confirmed that Iran’s key enrichment sites were "completely and totally obliterated."