The USA is entering a war against Iran

The USA used six 13-ton GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on the enrichment facility in Fordow, and 30 Tomahawk missiles were launched from an American submarine against facilities in Natanz and Isfahan.

The USA will continue strikes against Iran in the absence of Iran's surrender on the terms of the USA and Israel.

Trump:

'Iran, the aggressor of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be much larger in scale.

Our goal was to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment capabilities and eliminate the nuclear threat posed by the number one state sponsor of terrorism.

Iran is waiting for either peace or a tragedy much greater than what we have witnessed over the past eight days.

Iran's refusal to abandon its nuclear program and/or an attack on American facilities will be grounds for continued US strikes against Iran.

From June 13 to 21, Israel continuously attacked four Iranian nuclear sites.

• Prior to the latest attacks on Isfahan, the IAEA reported on June 19 that damage had been inflicted on the central chemical laboratory in Isfahan, the uranium conversion facility, the reactor fuel production plant, and the enrichment plant.

Part of the UF₆ conversion laboratories and lines has been disabled.

In gas form, UF₆ (uranium hexafluoride, a binary compound of uranium and fluorine) is introduced into centrifuges, where isotopes ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U are separated; the resulting enriched uranium can then be converted into uranium dioxide (UO₂) for nuclear fuel or metallic uranium for weapon purposes.

• Significant damage was inflicted on the main enrichment site in Natanz – considerable damage to the internal power station and electricity distribution systems, the primary fuel enrichment plant, and several industrial facilities.

• The centrifuge manufacturing plant in Tehran has been virtually destroyed.

• The Arak/Khondab heavy water production center for plutonium generation has been disabled.

This is before the US strikes; the damage from the American strikes is currently unknown.

How is Iran's nuclear program structured?

🔘Conversion of uranium ore → UF₆ for centrifuges in Isfahan (Iran's nuclear technology and research center).

🔘Production of low- and medium-enriched UF₆ in Natanz (fuel enrichment complex at a depth of 40m).

🔘Final enrichment (potentially reaching 'weapons-grade' concentrations) in Fordow (fuel enrichment complex with a final stage at a depth of up to 100m in the mountain)

🔘Conversion of enriched UF₆ into ready-made raw materials/reactor fuel for nuclear power plants or enriched material for nuclear bombs in Isfahan.

Israel's main priority is the conversion and centrifuge production nodes: by depriving Iran of the ability to produce new equipment and process UF₆, the IDF aims to 'freeze' the program at early stages of the cycle.

Reports indicate that Iran has moved its nuclear stockpiles from these facilities to safe locations, along with key personnel, but this information requires verification.

The USA is not currently planning to escalate the conflict, but this means nothing. Any war begins with a 'limited strike'.

Ali Khamenei promised to inflict 'irreparable harm' on the USA if they intervene in the conflict prior to the next US strikes on nuclear sites.

However, Iran's hands are tied. In 8 days, Israel has turned Iran into a 'turnstile'; preliminary estimates suggest that up to 70% of long-range air defense systems, a third of medium and short-range systems, up to 80% of long-range radar, and about half of ballistic missile launch silos have been taken out. That is why the USA and Israel fly in Iran or near Iran as if they were at home.

At the same time, about half of all missiles that can reach Israel are either launched by Iran at Israel or have been destroyed in warehouses by Israeli airstrikes or sabotage by Mossad agents.

The only remaining option is to block the Strait of Hormuz (approximately 34 km wide at its narrowest point with shallow depth and about a quarter of the world's maritime oil trade), but this would mean Iran entering into war against Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and even China (the main consumer of oil from this region).

Are we waiting for a retaliation from Iran?