Tehran’s attack on the aludeid air base: a violation of the State of Qatar’s sovereignty, according to a White House official
Tasnim said that Tehran launched missiles on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq. Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, reported spotting missiles in the skies over the Gulf emirate, which is home to the U.S airbase of Al Udeid, U.S. Central Command’s forward headquarters in the Middle East.
The White House and the Department of Defense are keeping an eye on potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base, according to a senior White House official.
The attack on Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps is considered to be a blatant violation of the State of Qatar’s sovereignty, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry of the country. The State ofQatar has the right to respond directly in accordance with international law, if it so chooses. He said the base had been evacuated before the attack.
The IAEA confirmed on Sunday that the three sites were hit by the attack. The damage to the underground Fordo site was not immediately possible to assess, as it had been previously struck by Israeli forces, the agency said.
“Final battle damage will take some time,” Caine said, “but initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.”
“The U.S. air strikes on Iran — and what might come next” – the first congressional action since the September 11 attacks on Iran
The strikes were intended to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, according to U.S. officials. “American assault was very successful, I said in a Truth Social post,” the president said Saturday evening.
While the reaction among politicians largely fell on party lines, it didn’t do so exclusively. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said Congress “has the sole authority to authorize war” and should have been called back from vacation before the attack.
For the 40,000 troops in six countries in the Middle East, those troops are now at greater risk thanks to the conflict in Iraq, Kelly said.
Mark Kelly said on the show that Iran wasn’t posing an immediate threat to the U.S. before the strike. He said the commander-in-chief has the right to act when there’s a threat to U.S. citizens.
The House Intelligence Committee’s highest-ranking Democrat called the strike a clear violation of the Constitution, which grants the power to declare war to Congress.
Yet many Democrats accused Trump of sidestepping the Constitution by directing the military to attack Iran without seeking Congressional approval first.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Trump “made the right call, and did what he needed to do,” while Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Iran had “rejected all diplomatic pathways to peace.”
Iran’s government is weighing how to respond after the U.S. military launched a series of coordinated bombing attacks Saturday against three Iranian nuclear facilities in a major escalation of the ongoing Middle East conflict.
Israel began bombing nuclear facilities in Iran in June. The two countries have been trading deadly attacks since then, and the U.S. military has helped intercept missiles and drones fired at Israel. But the U.S. did not get directly involved in the Israeli offensive until the surprise strikes on Saturday.
Iran’s foreign minister said the US military operation was an “outrageous” and “grave” violation of international law.
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The mission, dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer,” began at midnight on Friday when a group of B-2 stealth bombers took off from an Air Force base near Kansas City, Mo., according to Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Dan Caine, who briefed reporters on Sunday.
75 guided weapons were dropped on the three locations as a result of the mission. And they emphasized that this attack was against Iran’s nuclear program, not against its military or people.
A type of bomb called a “bunker-buster bomb” can burrow into the ground before hitting targets and can be used to destroy fortified targets.
A submarine fired over two dozen missiles at the Iranian nuclear site as the bombers entered Iranian airspace on Saturday.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denounced the strikes during a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday, calling them a violation of the law. He said that the war-mongering and lawless administration in Washington was responsible for the consequences of its aggression.
Several top Israeli politicians welcomed the strikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump in a video message, while Knesset opposition leader Yair Lapid said Trump and the U.S. military “made the world a safer place.”
The UN Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by the use of force by the U.S.
Trump in a Truth Social post suggested there might be a regime change in Iran. “It’d be wrong to use the term “rebel change” if the current Iranian Regime isn’t able to make it great again.” MIGA!
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U.S. forces in Iran are on high alert, and Iran is stockpiles of Highly Enriched Uranium, according to the Associated Press
The State Department doubled the number of emergency evacuation flights for American citizens leaving Israel and is evacuating nonessential staff from the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, the Associated Press reported.
Caine said U.S. forces remain on high alert and would respond to any “Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks.” The United States operates military bases in several countries near Iran.
The IAEA also said that Iranian authorities hadn’t reported a jump in off-site radiation following the bombings on Saturday, and that it didn’t expect there to be any health impacts on people outside the three sites.
Two independent experts who analyzed satellite imagery told NPR that the nation’s long running nuclear enterprise is not dead, and that Iran still has stock of highly enriched uranium.