Iran says the three nuclear sites attacked by US had been evacuated

"We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," Trump said on Saturday.

Trump had hinted at a potential intervention for days and US bunker-busting bombs are widely viewed as the only ordnance capable of penetrating the underground Fordow site.

"All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow," he added in a post on Truth Social.

"All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!"

Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran last week which has drawn Iranian missile fire, and Trump mooted possible US involvement, urging Tehran to resolve its nuclear impasse with Washington through talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would not negotiate under fire but wanted to pursue diplomacy.

Tehran has repeatedly vowed to target the substantial US military presence in the region if it comes under direct attack.

"This is an historic moment for the United States of America, Israel, and the world. Iran must now agree to end this war," Trump added in another post.

B-2 bombers were used in the US attacks against Iran's nuclear facilities, Reuters reported citing a US official.

The US had informed Israel in advance about the attack on Iran and the matter was coordinated, Walla News reported citing a senior Israeli official.

Trump strikes

• Trump announced US attacks successfully attacked three main nuclear sites in Iran.
• “BOMBS dropped on all, mainly Fordow”, Trump announced.
• Trump said 6 huge MOAB-type bombs and missiles fired from submarines were used in the attacks, he was quoted by Fox News Host Sean Hannity.

Tension mounted ahead of attacks

• Trump had said earlier in the day that still prefers to solve the nuclear issue with Iran through diplomacy, according to US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.
• Iran and the United States kept up their communication over the weekend, NBC news reported.
• Dozens of US military aircraft have been tracked flying toward the Middle East in recent days.

Israel kept military campaign on Iran, Plot foiled in Cyprus

• The nine-day Israeli military campaign has killed 865 people and wounded over 3,000, human rights group HRANA said.
• A new wave of Israeli airstrikes targeted cities across Iran—from Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Marvdasht in the south to Tabriz, Salmas and Babol in the north.
• The Israeli military says its air force has struck three F-14 fighter jets belonging to the Iranian Armed Forces in central Iran.
• Iran is targeting Israeli civilians both inside the country and abroad, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said, after Cypriot authorities foiled a suspected Iranian-linked plot in Limassol.
• Hezbollah's late secretary general Hassan Nasrallah's longtime bodyguard Abu Ali al-Khalil was killed in an airstrike in Tehran.
• A video sent to Iran International shows significant damage to the cyber police (FATA) headquarters in Tehran, amid ongoing Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has named three senior clerics as possible successors in case he is killed in the war with Israel, names not revealed, his son Mojtaba is not among them.

Planned executions, German national arrested

• Iran must halt planned executions, Amnesty International warned of a surge in politically motivated death sentences following the escalation of hostilities with Israel.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested a German national, Marek Kaufmann, for alleged spying near restricted military and nuclear sites in Markazi province.
• Iran has denied that it reduced missile launches because of depleted stockpiles. Says the change reflects a new strategy focused on quality over quantity.
• Five members of Revolutionary Guards were killed in an Israeli strike on targets in Khorramabad, a city in the west of Iran.
• Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps within Iran’s Quds Force, was killed in a strike on an apartment in Qom.

"We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday.

"All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow," he said.

"All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!"

A group of UN experts on Saturday condemned Israel's attacks on Iranian nuclear sites as well as military, nuclear, energy and residential targets as a violation of international law.

The group of special rapporteurs including the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran also objected to Iranian missile attacks on Israel.

“These (Israeli) attacks represent a flagrant violation of fundamental principles of international law," the UN experts said in a statement.

“Israel’s attack and Iran’s response – with successive waves of attacks against each other's territory – have resulted in many civilian casualties, confirming our grave concerns about this destructive cycle of violence,” they added.