Expert confident Iran's nuclear program is 'no longer' after massive US strike

A top expert on the Iran nuclear operation believes the regime's atomic campaign has been obliterated by Saturday night s strikes by the United States The nuclear campaign is no longer Jonathan Schanzer Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies a national safeguard and foreign procedures think tank described Fox News Digital Sources in Israel summary with high confidence that this chapter is over Responsible parties must still remove nuclear materials from the facility in Isfahan But that appears to be the final page to turn he continued President Donald Trump revealed during his address on Saturday night that Iran s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been totally and totally obliterated TRUMP DECLARES 'VERY PROSPEROUS ATTACK' ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR EFFORT AS US FORCES STRIKE KEY SITESFox News announced earlier on that Isfahan was the hardest target according to a senior U S official Everyone was talking about and focused on Fordow but Isfahan was definitely the hardest target the official mentioned on background The U S used B- bombers to carry out the mission A senior U S official also narrated Fox News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu communicated after the strikes and that Israel had been informed ahead of time ISRAEL S ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN CREATE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN NUCLEAR TALKS EXPERTS SAYLisa Daftari Iran expert and Editor-in-Chief of The Foreign Desk stated Fox News Digital Both Israeli and U S personnel understand that anything less than total destruction of Iran s nuclear infrastructure will only effect in a temporary pause not a permanent end But to truly end Iran s nuclear ambitions the U S and its allies must commit to a campaign beyond these targeted strikes backed by sustained pressure intelligence and the credible threat of further action if Iran attempts to rebuild To ensure the eradication of the regime s nuclear weapons capability the U S must maintain persistent intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance to detect any attempts by Iran s regime to disperse hide or rebuild its nuclear infrastructure This would be coupled with continued diplomatic isolation and strict multilateral sanctions blocking the regime s access to nuclear device materials and financing she reported Trump publicized that the U S had struck nuclear sites in Iran a major maturation amid rising tensions in the region as Israel and Iran continued to launch airstrikes against each other We have completed our very flourishing attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran including Fordow Natanz and Esfahan All planes are now outside of Iran air space A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site Fordow Trump posted to Truth Social on Saturday night 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 Thank you for your attention to this matter he continued Fox News' Sean Hannity reported on Saturday night that President Donald Trump had given him details on the U S strikes in Iran According to the Hannity host the U S used six bunker-buster bombs each of which weighs tons in its strikes on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility The bombs were dropped from American B- stealth bombers During a press conference on Sunday morning the number of bunker busters used was updated to by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt Gen Dan Caine ISRAEL SAYS IT KILLED IRANIAN COMMANDER WHO HELPED FUND ARM HAMAS President Trump took decisive leadership and action to eliminate the last vestiges of Iran's nuclear weapons project after Israel s sustained strikes which seriously damaged the atomic weapons supply chain from uranium conversion to enrichment and all the way to weaponization Andrea Stricker FDD's Director of Nonproliferation and Biological Weapons informed Fox News Digital While Tehran's operation is likely set back by years the United States and Israel need to ensure the regime's highly enriched uranium stockpiles and all secret advanced centrifuges are fully recovered and destroyed which means more work ahead she added Fordow had two entrances and one ventilation shaft which likely served as the entrance points for the Massive Ordnance Penetrators MOPs Additionally Tomahawk missiles launched from U S submarines were used in the attacks on the Nanatz and Isfahan facilities There is speculation that the missiles were shot from an Ohio Class Submarine but there has been no confirmation