๐ฅ Intelligence Brief | U.S. Joins Israel in Strikes on Iran: Strategic Scenarios, Escalation Outlook & Nuclear Risk
๐ฅUjasusi Blog โ Middle East Monitoring Team | ๐๏ธ22 June 2025 | ๐2330 BST
๐ฐ Background: A Shockwave Across the Region
In the early hours of 22 June 2025, the Middle East experienced a dramatic escalation as United States forces joined Israel in conducting coordinated airstrikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites: Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. This development marks a dangerous intensification of Israel's unilateral military campaign against Iran, now backed overtly by the world's most powerful military.
The operation, reportedly code-named โOperation Midnight Sabreโ, utilised B-2 stealth bombers, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and cyber-disruption techniques to target underground nuclear enrichment facilities.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a televised statement, declared the operation a "necessary intervention to prevent nuclear catastrophe," reiterating that "Iran will never get the bomb."
Iran confirmed the strikes and vowed retaliation, terming the attacks "an act of war" and triggering fears of full-scale regional conflict.