The U.S. struck Fordow, roughly 60 miles south of Tehran, as well as the Natanz complex to the southeast and Isfahan, southwest of Natanz, Trump said. The president hailed the attacks as a "spectacular military success," adding: "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."

The three sites the U.S. hit on Iran represent the core of the Iranian nuclear infrastructure. Natanz, which was already seriously damaged by Israel, is Iran's oldest and largest site for producing enriched uranium,