BREAKING: Why We Bombed Iran’s Nuclear Sites

The United States has justified its overnight airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, accusing Tehran of deception and failed diplomacy.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking on Fox News, said Iran “played” the United States during recent nuclear negotiations, leaving President Donald Trump with no choice but to act.

Rubio revealed that the U.S. had offered Iran the opportunity to maintain a civil nuclear programme under strict oversight, but Tehran rejected the offer and broke off communication for over a week.

“They played us. They wouldn’t respond to our offers. They disappeared for 10 days. The president had to take action as a response,” Rubio stated.

He insisted that while the U.S. is not seeking war, any Iranian retaliation would be a grave miscalculation.

“We are not declaring war on Iran. We’re not looking for war in Iran. But if they attack us, I think we have capabilities they haven’t even seen yet,” he warned.

The strikes, carried out with B-2 stealth bombers, targeted key nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth later confirmed the attacks “devastated the Iranian nuclear programme.”

In a parallel escalation, Israel launched its own wave of airstrikes, with its military reporting that 30 fighter jets struck dozens of military targets across Iran, including a strategic missile command centre in Yazd, and military installations in Bushehr, Isfahan, and Ahvaz.

Iran, however, rejected the U.S. narrative. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that Tehran never left the negotiating table, blaming Israeli aggression for interrupting talks and triggering the strikes.

“The U.S. acted based on flawed assumptions. It was Israel’s attacks that escalated tensions, not our diplomacy,” Araghchi said.