U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday (June 22, 2025) that U.S. military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities were an incredible and overwhelming success that have obliterated Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. The Pentagon chief also said that despite the strikes, the United States didn’t seek a war with Iran
The U.S. strikes included 14 bunker-buster bombs, more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles and over 125 military aircraft, in an operation the top U.S. general, General Dan Caine, said was named “Operation Midnight.”
U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear facilities updates on June 22, 2025
The operation pushes the West Asia to the brink of a major new conflagration in a region already aflame for more than 20 months with wars in Gaza and Lebanon and a toppled dictator in Syria.
“Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been obliterated,” Mr. Hegseth told reporters in a briefing, adding that said the strikes did not target Iranian troops or people.
