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US Attacks Nuclear Sites in Iran, Widening Mideast Conflict

President Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 21.Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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American bombers struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites overnight, putting the US directly into Tehran’s war with Israel despite President Donald Trump’s longtime promises to avoid new conflicts.

Addressing the nation late on Saturday in Washington, Trump said Iran’s “key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.” He threatened “far greater” attacks if Iran doesn’t make peace, raising the specter of even deeper US involvement in a Middle Eastern war that began with Israel’s strikes on the Islamic Republic nine days ago.