Day 625 - US joins the Israel-Iran war, 'obliterating' 3 nuclear sites

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🗓️ 22 June 2025

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and US bureau chief Jacob Magid join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

US President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the US had carried out a “successful attack” on the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites in Iran. We learn what was hit and Trump's warnings to Iran about either returning to the negotiating table, or else.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday morning, thanking Trump for bringing “peace through strength.”

We discuss the options that are now on the table for Iran as well as the wider implications for the region as the Israel-Iran war continues.

Berman speaks about the potential realignment of regional axes with a severely weakened Iran.

And finally, Magid weighs in on whether the broader US population is on board with these attacks on Iran -- and why some may hesitate.

Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

US joins Israel’s war in Iran, bombs fortified Fordo site and other nuclear facilities

Full text of Trump’s speech following US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities

Netanyahu hails US strikes on Iran: ‘First comes strength, then comes peace’

What to know about the Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by US strikes

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today is Sunday, June 22nd, day 625 of the war. I'm Amanda
0:12.2	Borchelle Dan here with our diplomatic reporter, Laser Bearman, and U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid,
0:17.2	here for this historic day. Thank you so much for joining me, fellows. Good morning.
0:22.8	Good morning, Amanda. U.S. President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the U.S.
0:27.2	had carried out a successful attack on the fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites in Iran.
0:34.8	Jacob was up all of Israel's night reporting on this, and he'll give us a bit of the blow-by-blow,
0:39.4	as well as some reactions from critical Democrats and stalwart supporters of Trump. LASER is here,
0:46.6	and we are going to discuss what comes next. How could this shift the region and, of course,
0:51.2	the war with Iran? All of this and more when we're back.
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1:49.9	I'm Amanda B-I-O-E-.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid and diplomatic reporter Laser Bearman.
1:59.4	Jacob, you are up all night, and I actually woke up at 6 in the morning and sent you a holy moly response when I saw what had been going on while I was sleeping.
2:02.2	So give us a bit of what happened,
2:07.2	a bit of the blow by blow. How did this operation roll out before we talk about the responses?
2:14.1	So I think it was at around 3.45 Israel time that President Trump posted on Truth Social that this attack had already actually been finished. Israelis were all sleeping. Nobody
2:18.4	really knew, I guess in your case, didn't know until you woke up several hours later,
2:22.9	but that the U.S. had managed to carry out strikes on three of Iran's major nuclear facilities.
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