US joins Israeli offensive against Iran as Trump announces strikes on 3 nuclear sites in Tehran

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that America has struck three nuclear sites in Iran, directly joining the Israeli offensive against the Islamic country to decapitate its nuclear programme and threatening a possible Iranian retaliation that could spark a wider regional conflict. Iran’s state run news agency IRNA reported early on Sunday that the attacks targeted the country’s Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites without elaborating. In a major escalation of conflict, Trump joined the Israeli offensive against Iran after days of deliberation and more than a week after Israel launched its strikes on Iran that aimed to systematically...