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A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three

key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime, Fordo, Natanz, and Esfahan. The U.S. is calling it Operation

Midnight Hammer, joining Israel bombing Iran. The U.S. is calling it Operation Midnight Hammer, joining Israel, bombing Iran, the U.S. hitting Iran's nuclear facilities.

I think it is irrelevant to ask Iran to return to diplomacy, because we were in the middle of diplomacy.

We were in the middle of talks with the United States

when Israelis blew it up.

To get the latest, we'll go to Frankfurt,

Chicago, London, and Tehran, which is being bombed as we broadcast. Then Mahmoud Khalil is free.

Democracy Now was at Newark Airport when he landed.

I just want to go back and just continue the work that I was already doing, advocating for Palestinian rights, a speech that

should actually be celebrated than, rather than punished, as this administration wants to do.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

The United Nations is warning of a spiral of chaos after the United States joined Israel's war on Iran by attacking three Iranian nuclear sites.

U.S. stealth B-2 bombers dropped 14 bunker buster bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds, the largest non-nuclear bombs ever dropped by the United States.

The U.S. Navy also deployed 30 submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles.

President Trump ordered the attack without seeking congressional approval.

The Trump administration briefed some top Republican lawmakers ahead of time, but no Democrats.

Trump addressed the nation Saturday night.

Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.

Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.

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