Hegseth says Iran’s nuclear ambitions obliterated

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, “Iran’s nuclear ambitions were destroyed” hours after the US attacked the three major nuclear enrichment facilities.

President Donald Trump’s order “focused, strong and open,” praised as Hegseth, late at night in Iran in Iran “is not about the change of regime,” he said.

“The president, the Iranian nuclear program and our troops and allied Israel to defend collective self -defense of our national interests to neutralize the threats to neutralize our national interests.” He said.

Hegseth reflected Trump’s statements on Saturday after the attacks he greeted the “destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity”.

However, the exact scope of the damage to Iran’s nuclear capabilities was not immediately clear.

Joint Chief of General Staff Gen. Dan Caine said on Sunday, Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, “serious damage and destruction” to the facilities, but Iran’s nuclear capacity was “destroyed” did not go so far as to say.

“The latest war damage will take some time, but the first war damage assessments show that all three sites maintain serious damage and destruction.” He said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran had all the options to defend his sovereignty and people after the “ugly” US attacks.

Speaking from the podium in the Pentagon, Caine summarized a timeline of strikes in Iran, an operation called “operation Midnight Hammer” by Trump administration.

Some B-2 bombardment aircraft initiated from the US on Friday were a trap, and the others “went quietly to the east with minimal communication during the 18-hour flight”.

Stealth B2 bombardment aircraft, including more than 125 aircraft participated in the operation.

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