The United States Chief of Staff, the General Dan Cainehe said at a press conference that More than 125 American aircraft participated in Saturday attacks, including B-2 Spirit poop, fighter, fighters, cistern airplane planes in flight, an underwater with guided missiles Tomahawk and intelligence, surveillance and recognition aircraft.
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Meanwhile, the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, He assured that the operation “has had the desired effect” and that Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahán were destroyed.
At this point, it should be noted that US military commanders have said that It will take time to determine exactly the scope of the damage.
The ForDow Uranium enrichment plant in Iran on June 19, 2025 (above), and after US attacks at the place on June 22, 2025. (AFP).
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Hegseth said that although the US does not seek war, he will act “speed and decision” if he sees his threatened interests in case of Iran reprisals.
While the vice president JD Vance assured in an interview with the NBC chain that The United States is not at war with Iran and has no “interest in deploying troops on the ground.”
In Iranthe president Peseshkian Masud promised a “answer“To American bombings.
“Americans have to receive an answer to their aggression,” The Iranian president said, according to Irna news agency.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchiwent further and described the bombing of the United States as An “extremely dangerous, illegal and criminal” behavior and said that his country reserves “all options” to respond.
“The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a serious violation of the UN Charter, International Law and TNP (Non -Proliferation Treaty) by attacking the peaceful nuclear facilities of Iran,” wrote Araghchi In the social network X.
“The events are outrageous and will have lasting consequences. Each of the UN members must be alarmed by this extremely dangerous behavior, outside the law and criminal ”he stressed.
Then, at a press conference in Istanbul, Araghchi reiterated that there will be an answer. “My country has been attacked and we must respond in our legitimate right of self -defense And we will do this during the time that is needed. ”
“We have a variety of options; that’s it”, He answered the question about how retaliation would be like.
Are we going to a global conflict?
An image provided by the Iran Ministry of Defense on May 25, 2023 shows the tests of the Khorramshahr’s ballistic missile of fourth generation, called Khaibar. (AFP).
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On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, He cited said President Vladimir Putin to warn that “the Third World War could be very close. “
During an interview with the journalist Pavel Zarubin, Lavrov He argued that the application of the right to self -defense without respecting the United Nations Charter will lead to world towards “total chaos”.
Accessed why the western world is supposedly not bombing against IranLavrov said: “Well, those are the most cynical. The rest says that Israel has the right to self -defense, as Macron said. Self -defense against what?”
On Friday, during an economy forum in St. Petersburg, Putin He said: “I worry. I say it without any irony and without jokes. There is a great conflict potential that is growing (…), the conflict we suffered in Ukrainewhat is happening in Middle East And, of course, we are very concerned about what happens around Iran’s nuclear facilities. ”
Are we facing an imminent world war? For Andrés Gómez de la Torrespecialist in defense and intelligence issues, it is difficult to affirm it.
“But what can be said is that Definitely in fact we have international wars practically at all points on the planetwhere those of Russia and Ukraine, Israel in Gazas against Hamas and against the proxys of Iran (Hezbollah, Hutíes, armed groups of Iraq and Syria), and the tension between India and Pakistan ”stand out against the proxys of Iranian”, and the tension between India and Pakistan ”he emphasized.
He said that to be certain of whether the confrontation Israel–Iranand now USAit can climb or not to a global conflict, you have to see what the main allies of Tehran have said and done.
“The case of Russia is emblematic. While the high Russian leadership defends Iran In the diplomatic, legal, in the interpretation of international norms and the use of force, The high Russian hierarchy has been strive to say that Tehran military cooperation for war in Ukraine was quite limited “he noted.
“Then, in compensation for that help, Russia did not deploy and did not transfer its most advanced anti-aircraft defense system, the S-400 and S-500and neither did he transfer his latest generation planes, the Sukhoi Su-35″ He added.
Gómez de la Torre argued that the above is an indicator in the sense that beyond the declarative, Russia is very busy in a very complex conflict with Ukraine to embark on another war in support of Iran.
“Yes it seems that there is a greater adhesion to Iran of Pakistanwhich is a nuclear power. China has also expressed its condemnation For the bombardment of the United States, but you have to see if in the next few hours it goes beyond the declarative ”, He said.
An image of a Kheibar missile of Iran made with AI. (Chatgpt).
How can you answer? The analyst explained that the Islamic Republic has very close to countries that house military bases in the United States, such as Iraq, United Arab Emirates or Kuwait. He said that You can attack them with your medium -sized missilesthose that are capable of reaching up to 2,300 kilometers away.
“They will currently have only three clear instruments to answer: Your conventional ballistic rocket (It has no weapons of mass destruction), Your drone technology like Shahed and the unconventional war methods such as terrorism“Gómez de la Torre said.
He added that after the continuous bombings of Israel initiated on Friday, June 13, Iran no longer has an Áérea force and does not have an anti -aircraft defense system. Because of this, it is now extremely vulnerable to conventional attacks.
He indicated that both the United States on Saturday, as the Israel Air Force, They have acted in Iranian airspace with total and absolute freedom.
Other reprisal What can you take Iran is close the Ormuz narrow And damage the world economy, because approximately 20% of the planet’s oil passes, said the analyst.
The Ormuz Strait. (AFP).
As for the terrorismGómez de la Torre noticed that a high advisor to Ayatola Ali Jamenei made a veiled threat to Rafael Grossithe maximum chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (OIEA)whom he accuses of having adhered to the interests of Israel. “He said they will take care of him when the war ends.”
“It must be remembered that in Argentina there were two terrorist attacks in the 90s, whose authorship was closely linked to Lebanese movement Hezbollah Already the high theocratic leadercial dome of Iran”, Gómez de la Torre said.
How was the bombing of the United States?
A B-2 Spirit bomber of the United States Air Force surveys the Pacific Ocean after an aerial replenishment mission on May 2, 2005. (Photo of the US Air Force. UU. By Sergeant Technical Cecilio Ricardo).
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On Saturday they circulated information that indicated that Israel I was about to launch a command operation in Iran To destroy on land Fordowwhich is nestled in a mountain about 80 meters deep. It was even said that the two -week period he had established for the president of the United States would not expect Donald Trump to decide whether or not he ordered the bombing of the place. However, what was in the end was precisely the American bombing. The first would have been disseminated information to mislead Tehran.
There were more disguise maneuvers. According to the CNN news chain, hours before the attack, A group of B-2 Spirit bombers took flight, visible, like lure. These planes are the only ones that can transport and launch the antibunker bombs of GBU-57 of more than 13,000 kilos that Israel needed to destroy Fordow.
The airplanes lure B-2 seemed to go to the United States military base located on the island of Diego Garcíain the Indian Ocean, and had a long route of hours to arrive.
However, the B-2 They would end up bombing Iran They were already in flight to their goals without being detected.
“It was a deception operation known only for an extremely reduced number of key planners and leaders”Said General Dan Caine.
“The Iranian fighters did not fly, and it seems that their Earth-Aire missile systems did not detect us. Throughout the mission, we kept the surprise factor “added the military chief.
So, The first GBU-57 bombs fell on Fordow at 18:40 Washington time (02:10 Tehran time). It was the first time that these bombs were used in combat.
The bombings lasted half an hour. In that period, Seven B-2 threw 14 GBU-57 bombs against Fordow and Natanz. While about thirty missiles Tomahawk They were launched from submarines against Isfahán.
“This mission demonstrates the scope, coordination and unique capacity of the United States Army”Said Caine. “No other army of the world could have achieved it.”
