The United States struck Iran's primary nuclear facilities on February 28, 2026, using B-2 Spirit stealth bombers carrying GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bombs. Four major sites were targeted: the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, which houses uranium conversion facilities and research reactors; the Natanz enrichment plant, Iran's largest centrifuge facility buried 8 meters underground; the Fordow enrichment facility, embedded inside a mountain near Qom; and additional nuclear research facilities in the Qom area.
Satellite imagery from commercial providers shows massive fires at the Isfahan complex, with smoke visible from space. Natanz shows surface-level destruction consistent with deep-penetrating munitions. Fordow, the most hardened target embedded 80 meters inside a mountain, shows evidence of multiple strikes on tunnel entrances and ventilation shafts, though the extent of damage to the underground chambers remains unclear. The Qom research facilities sustained direct hits on above-ground structures.
The IAEA has dispatched emergency inspection teams and issued warnings about potential radiation contamination from the damaged facilities. Iran had been enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordow and Natanz, with significant stockpiles of enriched material on site. Environmental monitoring stations in neighboring countries are being activated to detect any radioactive releases. The full environmental and nonproliferation implications of the strikes will take weeks to assess, but the immediate military objective of degrading Iran's nuclear weapons pathway appears to have been achieved.
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President Donald Trump has spoken to reporters after announcing the US was postponing attacks targeting Iran’s energy.
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