U.S. Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites

  U.S. Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites 

U.S. bombards Iran Nuclear installations: Middle East tensed:

In an overstated build up to Middle East tensions, the United States has taken to a round of airstrikes against the Iranian nuclear installations. The action comes after weeks of worsening tensions between Iran and Israel, and has received vehement international responses and concerns have grown that the region is now in sight of a broad war.

Three All-Important Iranian Nuclear Facilities Bombed
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, still in an interim executive capacity exercising emergency powers on television, announced that U.S. troops had destroyed three large Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan.

Trump said such sites are completely destroyed. The Iranian nuclear threat should not be allowed to threaten the world peace.

According to Pentagon, precision-guided bunker-buster munitions were utilized on the targets and satellite images showed mass destruction in the areas. These sites have been regarded as the heart of Iran uranium enrichment process.

Iran: No leak in radiations, Iran vows to retaliate
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran confirmed the strikes but denies any leakages of radiations, saying that its protective containment systems were in place at the time of the attack and, they were functioning as designed.

The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei termed the attack as an act of war and declared that the U.S and its allies will pay the cost that they cannot imagine. Iran sent a variety of drones and ballistic missiles against Tel Aviv and Haifa, where at least 10 civilians were injured. Israel retaliated with new counterstrikes, against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps bases in Syria, and western Iran.

International responses and Diplomatic repercussions
United Nations Secretary-General Ant_oacro mistakes of the United States, which, according to him, threatened to become out of control and develop disastrous results for the entire region. On the one hand, the UN Security Council and also the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna have held emergency meetings.

The European Union leaders reacted to the development by condemning the escalation of hostilities by the United States, and also although they recognized the expanding role of Iran in the region, they declared that what it apparently does constitutes a serious threat to regional security and demanded an immediate stop to the escalation of hostilities and the resumption of the diplomatic dialogue.

Both Russia and China have branded the U.S action as a unilateral aggression and have called on a multilateral reaction.

Oil Scorches, World Markets Tremble
The increased prices of crude oil rose to above 110 dollars a barrel, which was the highest in recent over one year on speculations that Iran may be able to disrupt the oil shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which is the choke point of one-fifth of the world oil supply. Stock markets across the world also crashed with defense shares rising and airline stocks falling by a significant margin.

Alerts in Regional Militaries
Following the attacks, the U.S. and other allies operating in the Persian Gulf as well as Eastern Mediterranean have been placed in a full alert. Israel has beefed up the civil defense by putting more Iron Dome batteries in service and mobilizing reserve forces.

Otherwise, Iranian-backed militants in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen have reported that they are ready to enter the combat, which holds a danger of a large-scale conflict across different regions of the Middle East, employing multiple fronts.

What is next?
With the scrambling efforts of the international community to control the crisis, the chance of lactating an all-out regional war is also high. The rhetoric on both sides is growing and diplomacy is basically at a standstill, all of which has the rest of the world biting their nails to see which is going to win out, reason or retribution