Global Affairs

In the early hours of June 2025, the world awoke to one of the most daring aerial missions of the 21st century. The United States, in cooperation with Israel, launched a stealth airstrike targeting three of Iran’s most fortified nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — using B-2 Spirit stealth bombers under the codename Operation Midnight Hammer.

In a bold and highly secretive operation US B-2 bombers strike Iran, the United States has launched precision airstrikes on Iran’s underground nuclear facilities—with tremors felt not just in Tehran but across the region. The targets? Iran’s most fortified nuclear development centers: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.