The United States has attacked Iran and officially entered the Israel-Iran conflict that’s been raging after Israel lodged unprovoked airstrikes on Iranian cities on June 13. America, the top political and military backer of Israel, sent seven B-2 Stealth Bombers outfitted with—never before used—mega bombs and struck nuclear facilities in Iran.
President Donald Trump announced the attack on the facilities from the White House in a June 21 televised statement hours after the move. The stated aim, he said, was to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities.
“A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime, Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,” said President Trump from the Cross Hall at the White House.
He described the operation as a “spectacular military success” and warned of more possible strikes. He claimed Iran’s key nuclear sites were “completely and fully obliterated,” and cautioned Iran against retaliatory attacks, saying the U.S. could hit more targets “with precision, speed and skill.”

“There will either be peace or there will be tragedy for Iran,” said the president.
In a joint press conference on June 22, at the Pentagon, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, said America dropped 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs weighing 30,000 pounds each in the attack. The Fordow site, considered the main target, is a facility buried deep into the earth.
“Last night, on President Trump’s orders, U.S. Central Command conducted a precision strike in the middle of the night against three nuclear facilities in Iran, Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan, in order to destroy or severely degrade Iran’s nuclear program, and as the Joint Chiefs will demonstrate it was an incredible and overwhelming success,” said Secretary Hegseth.
However, the U.S., a nuclear superpower dropping 420,000 pounds of mega-bombs on nuclear sites in Iran, waxes against international norms and laws, said Iranian officials.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in an X posting hours later, called the strikes a “grave violation” of the UN Charter, international law and the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty by attacking Iran’s peaceful nuclear installations.
“The events this morning are outrageous and will have everlasting consequences,” Iran’s chief diplomat said. He said every member of the United Nations must be alarmed over this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behavior.
In accordance with the UN Charter and its provisions allowing a legitimate response in self-defense, Iran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interests, and people.
Mr. Araghchi criticized the U.S. for “betraying diplomacy” and called for urgent action from the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog body.
He also dismissed the possibility of immediate negotiations, citing the aggression by America and Israel. He expressed gratitude for regional support, particularly from Turkey and Russia, and indicated that Iran would consider various retaliatory options.
Condemnation of the U.S. action was swift from various nations and leaders.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was “gravely alarmed” by the use of force by America. “There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control—with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world,” he said in a statement on X. “I call on Member States to de-escalate.”
By presstime, Secretary-General Guterres called an emergency Security Council meeting. According to several media outlets, Russia, Pakistan, and China proposed that the international body “adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East,” reported France24.com. However, as of presstime there was no indication of if or when a vote would take place.
Russian Federation’s UN Representative Vassily A. Nebenzia, condemned in “most decisive terms the United States irresponsible, dangerous and provocative actions” against Iran, stressing the United States leadership “actually flaunted” and demonstrated “wholesale disregard” for the norms of international law and the UN Charter.

“We believe that none of our sensible colleagues in the international community will believe our U.S. colleagues anymore, much like they won’t believe their attempts to convince the Security Council that Iran was trying to acquire nuclear weapons,” he said.
Echoing Moscow’s calls for Security Council members to support the draft resolution that would condemn the attacks on Iran’s nuclear installations, China’s delegate said the Security Council cannot stand idly by in the face of a major crisis.
Dialogue and negotiations are the only way out of the current crisis, he said, adding there is still hope for a peaceful solution and an agreement that would be acceptable to all parties.
“We call for an immediate ceasefire and end to the hostilities in the context of the abrupt escalation of tensions in the Middle East,” said Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the UN. “We call for effective protection of civilians. The ultimate victims of all conflicts are the innocent people.”
China condemned U.S. strikes on Iran, calling them a serious violation of international law that further inflamed tensions in the Middle East.
In a statement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged all parties—especially Israel—to implement a cease-fire and begin dialogue. “China is willing to work with the international community to pool efforts together and uphold justice, and contribute to the work for restoring peace and stability in the Middle East,” the ministry said.
“The continuation of such attacks risks dangerous escalation with consequences that extend beyond the borders of any single state, threatening the security of the entire region and the world,” Iraqi government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said in a statement.
Incendiary rhetoric had accompanied days of bombardment in a situation that was worsening by the day. Tehran considers Washington a collaborator of Israel’s aggression against Iran. “We have nothing to talk with the United States as a partner in this crime,” Mr. Araghchi asserted, prior to the U.S. action.
As longtime tensions between Iran, America, and Israel crossed the line into deadly conflict, fear of a protracted war involving other nations is increasing. America—Israel’s top economic and military sponsor and decades-long adversary of Iran—once again finds herself at the center of a Middle East crisis it helped create, and continues to inflame through an errant foreign policy, say analysts and observers.

U.S. lawmakers were also swift to condemn the bombing. Despite President Trump initially stating he would make a decision regarding attacking Iran in two weeks, the mission took place prior to that.
When asked if Congress had been notified ahead of time, Secretary Hegseth responded: “They (Congress) they were notified after the planes were safely out.
What we complied with the notification requirements of the War Powers Act.” When pressed further by a reporter if Congress was notified in advance, the secretary stated, “They were immediately thereafter. Yes.”
New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for the impeachment of President Trump. “The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,”
Said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on X. “He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment,” she said.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) also criticized the president’s decision.
“Donald Trump promised to bring peace to the Middle East. He has failed to deliver on that promise. The risk of war has now dramatically increased, and I pray for the safety of our troops in the region who have been put in harm’s way,” said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
“President Trump misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.
“First, the Trump administration bears the heavy burden of explaining to the American people why this military action was undertaken. Second, Congress must be fully and immediately briefed in a classified setting. Third, Donald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action,” he said.
The Final Call will continue to follow and report on this story as it develops.