WASHINGTON (AFP) – Defense Minister Beit Higseth said on Sunday that America “does not seek war” with Iran following a sudden attack overnight on three nuclear sites in that country while Vice President C.
The mission, which is called the “midnight Hummer”, included partners and deception, and no Iranian resistance was met.
“This task was not and was not about changing the system,” he added.
Kane said that the goal of the operation – destroying nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz and Asphan – has been fulfilled.
“The final battle damage will take some time, but the assessments of the initial battle damage indicate that all three sites have been severely damaged and severely destroyed,” Kane said.
Vans said in a television interview that although he would not discuss “sensitive intelligence about what we saw on the ground,” he felt “very confident that we delayed their development of a nuclear weapon.”
He reduced it, he told NBC “Meet The Press” that “I think we really paid their program again for a very long time. I think it would be many years before the Iranians could develop a nuclear weapon.”
The vice president said that the United States “negotiated” strongly “with Iran to try to find a peaceful settlement and that Trump made his decision after the Iranian evaluation did not act” in good faith. “
“I actually think it provides an opportunity to reset this relationship, to reset these negotiations and make us in a place where Iran can decide not to pose a threat to its neighbors, not to threaten the United States, and if they are ready to do so, the United States is all the ears,” Vans said.
He added: “The Iranians can fall on the path of peace or can walk on the path of this ridiculous edge of financing terrorism, and trying to build a nuclear weapon, and this is not something that the United States can accept.”
Many of the world accommodate the consequences of strikes and dangers that can lead to more fighting in the Middle East after the United States introduced itself into the war between Israel and Iran. The air strikes, which start on June 12, were pushed by Israel, which targeted the Iranian nuclear facilities and generals, to take revenge on Iran.
While American officials urged caution and confirmed that only nuclear sites were targeting Washington, Iran criticized the measures as a violation of its sovereignty and international law.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on Sunday that Washington is “completely responsible” for any measures that Tehran might take in response.
“They crossed a very large red line by attacking nuclear facilities,” he said at a press conference in Türkiye. “I don’t know how much the room for diplomacy remains.”
Russia and China condemned the American attack. Aragici said he would travel to Moscow later on Sunday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s statement warned of the risk of conflict beyond the Middle East to the “global level”.
The Pentagon broke out any new details about the Iranian nuclear capabilities. Higseth said that the timetable was the result of a schedule presented by President Donald Trump to talks with Iran on his nuclear ambitions.
“Iran has discovered” that when Trump says, “60 days are looking for peace and negotiation, it means 60 days of peace and negotiation.” “Otherwise, this nuclear program, that the new nuclear ability will not be present. It meant it.”
This statement was complicated, as the White House suggested last Thursday that Trump could take up to two weeks to determine whether it would strike Iran or continue to follow the negotiations. However, the United States benefited from the weak Iranian air defenses, as it managed to carry out attacks without resistance from Iran.
Kane said: “Iran’s fighters did not fly, and it seems that the missile systems in Iran have not seen us throughout the mission,” Kane said.
Higseth said that the option to transfer a number of bombers from their base in Missouri early on Saturday was supposed to be a trap to cancel the Iranians. He added that the United States also used other methods of deception, as it deployed fighters to protect the B-2 bombers that dropped 14 bombs on Iran’s website in Fordo.
The strikes occurred on Saturday between 6:40 pm and 7:05 pm in Washington, or around 2:10 am on Sunday in Iran.