The Pentagon says we are planning a nuclear program for “devastated” Iran, but not aiming for a change of government.

The Pentagon chief urged Iranian leaders to find an off-ramp in the conflict after President Donald Trump announced a strike at Ford’s major underground uranium enrichment site, along with Isfahan and Natantz’s nuclear facilities.

“We destroyed Iran’s nuclear program,” Hegses told a briefing at the Pentagon’s press conference, adding that he “did not target the Iranian military or the people of Iran.”

Trump “sought peace and Iran should follow that path,” Hegses continued. “This mission wasn’t about a change of government and wasn’t,” he added.

Trump’s intervention could dramatically widen the conflict after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran last week despite past pledges to avoid another “eternal war,” and Tehran vowed to retaliate if Washington joined.

Previously, the US president said that if Tehran doesn’t surrender, Washington would hit more targets. Hours later, Iran launched two attacks on longtime enemy Israel.

“Middle Eastern bullies must now create peace,” Trump warned that future attacks will be “a lot bigger” unless a diplomatic solution is reached.

“Remember, there are a lot of targets remaining,” he added.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragut has accused the US of obstructing diplomacy after talks with European powers.

“When the US decided to blow up its diplomacy this week, we had consultations with the E3/EU,” he wrote x.

Aragut later said that Istanbul’s reporters, the US and Israel “crossed the very big red line,” and insisted that Iran would continue to protect itself “by the necessary means.”

Iranian President Masuud Pezeshkian condemned the US strike and said the attacks revealed Washington was an Israeli military campaign.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the US strike and said “the decision to target Iran’s nuclear facilities with the incredible power of justice in the United States will change history.”

“The Morning of Alarm”

Israeli forces said they are checking the outcome of the US attack on Ford’s deeply buried nuclear facility. The spokesman said it was “too early” to find out whether Iran had removed enriched uranium from a major location or whether it was buried in the attack.

US Vice President JD Vance argued that his country was “at the time of war with Iran, not with war with Iran.”

He added that the strike “severely slowed down” the development of nuclear weapons.

Co-Chief Chairman Dan Kane said the “main strike package consisting of seven B-2 spirit bombers” will fly 18 hours from the US mainland and will be refueling multiple airborne refueling.

Pilhossein Coliband, head of Iran’s Red Crescent Association, said there were no deaths in the US strike against nuclear facilities, according to Iran’s state television.

In response to the US attack, Iranian troops said they targeted multiple sites in Israel, including Ben Gurion Airport, the country’s leading international gateway near Tel Aviv.

Israeli rescuers said at least 23 people were injured. Police said at least three effects had been reported.

One of them was in the Ramato Aviv area of ​​Tel Aviv, where they tore a hole in the facade of an apartment block.

In Jerusalem, Claudio Hazan, a 62-year-old software engineer, said he hopes that US intervention will speed up the conclusion of the Iran-Israel war. “Israel itself won’t stop…and it will take longer,” he said.

David, a 43-year-old Jerusalem resident, told AFP:

Israel said it has launched new strikes in QOM in western Iran and south of Tehran. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that four revolutionary security guards were killed in a strike at a military base north of the city.

The Israeli forces said they “quickly neutralised missile launchers ready to launch towards Israel’s territory, Iranian soldiers, and launchers who fired missiles towards Israel’s territory a while ago.”

The Iranian Sharg newspaper reported on Sunday that “a massive explosion was heard” in Bucher province, home to Iran’s only nuclear power plant.

“Stepback”

Iranian press also reported a strike in Yazd province.

In Tehran, AFP journalists said that the first time they can hear the roars of aircraft flying over the city can be heard repeatedly.

The UN International Atomic Energy Agency said there has been no detection of increased radiation levels at major nuclear sites in Iran following the strike, and Tehran said on Sunday there was “no signs of contamination.”

Saudi Arabia said no radioactive effects were detected in the Gulf and expressed “major concern” over the US strike.

The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman were mediating nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, but criticised the US move and urged de-escalation.

The European Union called all aspects “a step back,” emphasizing that Iran should not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer has called on Iran to “return to the negotiation table” about its nuclear ambitions.

Iran’s foreign minister said he would travel to Moscow on Monday for “serious consultations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Following his speech, Trump warned Iran against “retaliation.” Iran and its proxies have previously attacked US military bases in Iraq and elsewhere in the region.

Iran’s Huthi allies in Yemen on Sunday repeated their threat to resume their red attacks sea If Washington were to join the war, they said they were “ready to target our ships and warships.”

As Israel first hit Iran on June 13, the US president has strengthened its rhetoric against Iran and argued that it cannot have nuclear weapons.

Tehran denies seeking an atomic bomb. On Saturday, President Masuud Pezeshkian said Iran’s right to pursue a civilian nuclear program “cannot be taken away by threats or war.”