Trump says Iran has choice between 'peace or tragedy'
President Donald Trump said that the United States military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear programme. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, quoting a provincial official, confirmed attacks on Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites. Addressing the nation from the White House, Mr Trump asserted that Iran's key nuclear plants were 'completely and fully obliterated'. There was no independent damage assessment.
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