{"id":24171,"date":"2025-06-22T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=24171"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:30:17","slug":"middle-eastern-intel-site-team-trump-gave-iran-advance-notice-of-attacks-on-nuclear-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=24171","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MIDEAST INTEL SITE<\/span>: <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Team Trump gave Iran advance notice of attacks on nuclear sites<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article_headline__Kyuy_\">Exclusive: Iran given advance notice as US insisted attack on nuclear sites is \u2018one-off\u2019<\/h1>\n<p>Amwaj.media<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-gallery image-gallery-single image-gallery-using-mouse\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"image-gallery-content image-gallery-thumbnails-bottom\">\n<div class=\"image-gallery-slide-wrapper image-gallery-thumbnails-bottom\">\n<div class=\"image-gallery-slides\">\n<h5 class=\"image-gallery-slide image-gallery-center \" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Go to Slide 1\"><span class=\"image-gallery-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24173\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1669257065-gettyimages-73870710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1669257065-gettyimages-73870710.jpg 850w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1669257065-gettyimages-73870710-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1669257065-gettyimages-73870710-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>A satellite image of Natanz, Iran on Feb. 28, 2007. (Photo via Getty Images)<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article_contentWrapper__JeTlm\">\n<p><strong>The story:<\/strong>\u00a0US President Donald Trump says three key nuclear facilities in Iran have been \u201cobliterated,\u201d while threatening more strikes \u201cif peace does not come quickly.\u201d This comes as Amwaj.media has learned that Washington notified Tehran of the strikes. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a high-ranking Iranian political source confirmed that the Trump administration on June 21 conveyed that it did not seek an all-out confrontation, and only intended to strike the Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites. Importantly, the senior source also confirmed that the targeted sites were evacuated, with &#8220;most&#8221; of Iran&#8217;s stockpile of enriched uranium kept in secure locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>The US bombings do not appear to have been conducted from any American military base in the region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports indicate that at least three B-2 bombers flying from the US dropped six 13.6 ton (30,000 lbs) Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs on the Fordow underground uranium enrichment site. Experts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6374693583112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculate<\/a>\u00a0that two bombs were dropped on each of Fordow\u2019s two main entrances along with two MOPs on the ventilation shaft.<\/li>\n<li>A submarine is believed to have fired 30 Tomahawk missiles at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility as well as the nuclear complex in Isfahan. Notably, both of the sites have been bombed by Israel in recent days.<\/li>\n<li>Citing a \u201cwell-placed source,\u201d CBS has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JenGriffinFNC\/status\/1936601062498336814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cIsfahan and its underground facility was probably a harder target than Fordow.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-LIjw2\" title=\"Key nuclear facilities in Iran, 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/LIjw2\/1\/\" height=\"546\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Locator maps\" data-external=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThe damage:<\/strong>\u00a0In his June 21 statement, Trump said the targeted Iranian facilities were \u201ccompletely and totally obliterated,\u201d warning that any potential future attacks would be \u201cfar greater and a lot easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The executive director of the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSchanzer\/status\/1936589901316677784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quoted<\/a>\u00a0an \u201cimpeccable Israeli contact\u201d as saying, \u201cThe strike appears to have ended the Iranian nuclear program. Confirmation to come in the next 24 hours. The last step is to remove the nuclear material from the nuclear sites.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>However, initial data that allows a damage assessment is still lacking. Prior to the bombings, some studies suggested that multiple MOPs would need to be dropped in the same craters given that Fordow is believed to be about 80-90 meters (262-295 feet) deep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The reactions:<\/strong>\u00a0Iranian authorities have confirmed that nuclear sites in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz have been hit. However, no other details have been publicized.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a brief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/04\/01\/3339860\/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%98%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B2-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0issued in the early hours of June 22 local time, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) slammed the US bombings as \u201ca brutal act that contradicts international laws, especially the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Taking aim at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the AEOI said the US attack was \u201cunfortunately carried out in the shadow of indifference and even the support\u201d of the UN nuclear watchdog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The AEOI stated that it \u201cassures the great Iranian nation that despite the evil conspiracies of its enemies, with the efforts of thousands of its revolutionary and motivated scientists and experts, it will not allow the development of this national [nuclear] industry\u2026to be stopped.\u201d It added that it has \u201cput the necessary measures, including legal proceedings, on its agenda.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The future:<\/strong>\u00a0Already under severe attack by Israel, Iran has little interest in a simultaneous all-out war with the US. Prior to the June 21 bombings, Tehran declared that it was open to resuming nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration\u2014but only if Israel ceases its attacks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThey should make peace immediately. They should stop immediately. Otherwise they\u2019ll get hit again,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/steveholland1\/status\/1936600428159910076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a brief phone interview ahead of his prepared remarks late on June 21 EDT. In his official statement, Trump elaborated, \u201cThere are many targets left. Tonights\u2019 was the most difficult of them all, by far\u2026but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Given that Iran is said to have received prior notice along with a private communication from the US that it does not seek a broader conflict, it could be that Trump seeks a repeat of the events of Jan. 2020. The latter entailed a largely symbolic Iranian ballistic missile attack on American bases in Iraq over Trump\u2019s authorization of the assassination of then-Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.<\/li>\n<li>Non-symbolical options at the disposal of Iran include measures such as exiting the NPT, expelling foreign inspectors, striking Israel\u2019s Dimona nuclear facility and interrupting maritime transit in the Strait of Hormuz\u2014possibility in coordination with Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah movement resuming operations in the Red Sea. Each of these options carry costs and benefits, with an expulsion of foreign inspectors the most probable option. In terms of a kinetic response, the likelihood that no US military bases in the region were used makes it more difficult for Iran to attack such facilities in at least Gulf Arab states. This leaves American bases in Iraq, which are already largely evacuated, the most probable targets for immediate retaliation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed\" data-src=\"visualisation\/18143559\" data-fl-populated=\"true\"><iframe title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/18143559\/embed?auto=1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>As Amwaj.media previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amwaj.media\/en\/article\/khamenei-warns-of-retaliation-if-us-attacks-as-iran-e3-set-to-meet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Israel\u2019s focus on the necessity for Trump to strike Fordow appears to have been designed to convince him to enter a war with Iran. Indeed, Iranian authorities have already indicated that nuclear materials were removed from Fordow. Moreover, sites known to the IAEA are unlikely to be used for a weaponization effort should Tehran decide on such a course of action. Against this backdrop, the likely near-term outcome of Trump\u2019s attack on Iran appears to be lessened monitoring of nuclear activities in Iran as opposed to the end of the Iranian nuclear program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amwaj.media\/en\/media-monitor\/exclusive-iran-given-advance-notice-as-us-insisted-attack-on-nuclear-sites-is-one\">https:\/\/amwaj.media\/en\/media-monitor\/exclusive-iran-given-advance-notice-as-us-insisted-attack-on-nuclear-sites-is-one<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}