Iran calls US strike on nuclear sites ‘brutal aggression’

Arab officials have conveyed messages from the United States to Iran saying that Washington's military strikes are over and urging a return to diplomacy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

According to Arab officials, the US used its partners in the region to assure Tehran that the strikes were a limited operation and not the start of a broader military campaign aimed at regime change in Iran.

Israel has launched a fresh wave of strikes on military targets in western Iran, marking its first attack since the US bombed three Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday, the army said.

Missile launch platforms were targeted in the operation, Israeli sources said.

The strikes reflect Israel’s ongoing effort to degrade Iran’s missile infrastructure, which it considers a central component of Tehran’s offensive capabilities.

Kuwait's nuclear defense center has not detected any rise in radioactive traces in the country's airspace or territorial waters following US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti National Guard said on Sunday.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced it has begun the 20th wave of its attacks on Israel, employing a combination of long-range liquid and solid-fuel ballistic missiles with enhanced warheads.

According to an IRGC spokesperson, the latest missile barrage is targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, a biological research facility, and various command, control, and logistical sites.

The announcement came shortly after the Israeli military confirmed it had launched fresh strikes on targets in western Iran.

Israeli officials believe that enriched uranium was present at the Iranian nuclear facility in Isfahan targeted in the overnight US strikes, Israeli journalist Amit Segal of N12 reported on Sunday.

According to the report, it remains unclear whether the material was destroyed in the attack or buried beneath the rubble.

There has been no official confirmation from the United States or Iran regarding the extent of the damage or the presence of nuclear material at the site.