Iran’s top diplomat has defended the country’s right to “a legitimate response in self-defense.” Trump has meanwhile warned that the US “will go for more targets” if Tehran does not make peace.
U.S. says the bombing had taken out Iran’s three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, which are involved in production or storage of enriched uranium, a material used as fuel for power plants but also to make atomic warheads.
Trump told Fox News that “bunker-buster” bombs were dropped on the deep-underground Fordow site, where it may be days before the impact of the attack is known, and Tomahawk missiles were fired against the other facilities.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said no increases in off-site radiation levels had been reported after the U.S. strikes, and the agency’s head, Rafael Grossi said he was calling an emergency meeting of its 35-nation Board of Governors for Monday.
A senior Iranian source told Reuters that most of the highly enriched Uranium at Fordow had been moved elsewhere before the attack and the number of nuclear personnel there had been reduced to a minimum.
Meanwhile,
British Nationals in Israel have been urged to register with portal
In a statement, the foreign office says that those who are eligible to board flight back to the UK will be expected to pay for their seat, which they say is “in line with their approach to previous chartered flights from the region”.
“Commercial flights are continuing to operate from Egypt and Jordan, and international land border crossings to these countries remain open,” the statement adds.
All British Nationals who have already registered via the Register Your Presence, external portal will automatically be contacted and provided with a link to the booking portal, the FCDO says, but it urges all those interested in flights back to the UK to register their presence now.
A spokesperson for the foreign office says,
“This is a perilous and volatile moment for the Middle East,” adding that the government’s ability to run flights out of Israel could change at short notice
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
