US warplanes dropped massive bombs on three nuclear sites inside Iran on Saturday, June 21, more than a week after Israel launched strikes against Iran that targeted its nuclear program and military leaders.
“Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror,” Trump said during his four-minute speech from the White House Cross Hall.
Iran, which insists its nuclear program is peaceful, retaliated Monday by firing about a dozen ballistic missiles at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest US military installation in the Middle East. But Tehran tipped both the United States and Qatar that the strike was coming, and air defenses were able to intercept all but one of the incoming Iranian missiles, according to US and Qatari officials. No deaths or injuries were reported in Qatar.
In a social media post, Trump thanked Iran for warning the missile attack was coming. Later that day, he announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel that went into effect on Tuesday.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
