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TEHRAN (AGENCIES)
US President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the US had just completed strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
In a post on Truth Social, the US President said that the US military attacked three nuclear sites in Iran: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan; White House posted the same announcement.
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space,” he said.
“A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. Now is the time for peace. Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he concluded.
Trump was set to address the nation at 10 pm (0200 GMT) after deciding to join Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear programme.
In a second post announcing his address to the nation from the White House, Trump said that "IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR."
Trump's shock announcement came just two days after he said he would decide "within two weeks" whether to join in attacking Iran.
Trump did not say what kind of US planes or munitions were involved.
On Saturday, Israel said it had attacked Iran's Isfahan nuclear site for a second time, with the UN nuclear watchdog reporting that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop had been hit.
Later on Saturday Iran's Mehr news agency said Israel had launched strikes on the southern city of Shiraz, which hosts military bases.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Istanbul on Saturday for a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the conflict.
Top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany had met Araghchi in Geneva on Friday and urged him to resume nuclear talks with the United States that had been derailed by the war.
