President Donald Trump said "monumental damage" was done to Iran's nuclear sites citing satellite imagery after Tehran disputed whether the strikes on the facilities had dealt a knockout blow to the Islamic Republic's atomic program.

Satellite images provide the first glimpses of the aftermath of U.S. strikes on three sites said to be central to Iran’s nuclear program, revealing severe damage at aboveground facilities as well as the entry points left by bombs that burrowed deep underground to target some of the program’s most protected operations.

After a U.S. attack on three nuclear sites in Iran that President Trump called "very successful," he addressed the nation.

"The warmongering, lawless Administration in Washington is solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences."

In the hours after its military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, U.S. officials suggested Iran ought to embrace a diplomatic off-ramp rather than choosing to retaliate. "Iran, the bully of the Middle East,

The world is reacting after President Donald Trump authorized U.S. strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites, joining Israel in its conflict with Iran.“Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,