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鈥淚t鈥檚 not politically correct to use the term, 鈥楻egime Change,鈥� but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn鈥檛 there be a Regime change???鈥� Trump posted on social media. 鈥淢IGA!!!鈥�

That was a reversal from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth鈥檚 Sunday morning news conference that detailed the aerial bombing. 鈥淭his mission was not and has not been about regime change,鈥� he said.

Iran lashed out at the U.S. for crossing 鈥渁 very big red line鈥� with its in striking the nuclear sites. Amid fears of a wider regional conflict, and calls for restraint.

鈥淭he U.S. has attacked us; what would you do in such a situation? Naturally, they must receive a response to their aggression,鈥� Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a call with France鈥檚 leader, according to the president鈥檚 website.

Iran鈥檚 U.N. ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council that the U.S. 鈥渄ecided to destroy diplomacy,鈥� and the Iranian military will decide the 鈥渢iming, nature and scale鈥� of the country鈥檚 鈥減roportionate response.鈥�

Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran鈥檚 supreme leader, said any country used by the U.S. to strike Iran 鈥漺ill be a legitimate target for our armed forces,鈥� the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

The Trump administration also indicated it wanted to restart diplomatic talks with Iran.

鈥淟et鈥檚 meet directly,鈥� Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with CBS. Hegseth told reporters the U.S. 鈥渄oes not seek war.鈥�

But Tehran said the time for diplomacy passed and it has the right to defend itself. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he would fly to Moscow to coordinate with close ally Russia.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran confirmed attacks took place on the .

Trump claimed the U.S. 鈥渃ompletely and fully obliterated鈥� the sites, but the Pentagon reported 鈥渟ustained, extremely severe damage and destruction.鈥� U.S. defense officials said an assessment was ongoing.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that no one was in a position to assess the underground damage at Fordo, but he said visible craters tracked with the U.S. announcements. He said IAEA inspectors in Iran should be allowed to look at the sites.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog鈥檚 Board of Governors planned to hold an emergency meeting Monday.

For Iran鈥檚 supreme leader, it could mark the end of an ambitious campaign to transform the Islamic Republic into a greater regional power that holds enriched nuclear material a step away from weapons-grade. warned the U.S. on Wednesday that strikes targeting the Islamic Republic will 鈥渞esult in irreparable damage for them.鈥�

Trump, who acted without congressional authorization, earlier warned there would be additional strikes if Tehran retaliates against U.S. forces.

The State Department doubled the number of emergency evacuation flights it is providing for U.S. citizens wishing to leave Israel, ordered nonessential staff to leave the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon and stepped up travel warnings around the .

Iran has a few ways it could retaliate. It could attack U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East with missiles and rockets that Israel hasn鈥檛 destroyed. It could attempt to close a key bottleneck for global oil supplies, the Strait of Hormuz.

Or it could hurry to develop a nuclear weapon with what remains of its program. Iran鈥檚 Atomic Energy Organization insisted its nuclear program will not be stopped.

Iran long maintained that its nuclear program was peaceful, and U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that Tehran is not actively pursuing a bomb. However, Trump and Israeli leaders argued that Iran could quickly assemble a nuclear weapon.

Israel already significantly degraded Iran鈥檚 air defenses and offensive missile capabilities and damaged its nuclear enrichment facilities in assaults that .

鈥淲e are very close to achieving our goals鈥� in removing the threats, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Sunday.

The strike on Fordo raised an urgent question 鈥� what happened to Iran鈥檚 stockpile of uranium and centrifuges?

Satellite images taken by Planet Labs PBC after the American strikes show damage to the facility.

The images suggest Iran packed the entrance tunnels to Fordo with dirt and had trucks at the facility ahead of the U.S. strikes. Several Iranian officials claimed Iran removed nuclear material from targeted sites.

Before the Israeli military campaign began, Iran declared a third, unknown site as a new enrichment facility.

Israel and Iran continued to trade strikes Sunday.

Iran鈥檚 paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched a . Israeli authorities reported more than 80 people were injured, and a multistory building in Tel Aviv was significantly damaged.

Late Sunday, the Israeli military said it again struck military infrastructure sites in Tehran and western Iran. Earlier, explosions boomed in Bushehr, home to Iran鈥檚 only nuclear power plant, three semiofficial media outlets reported. Israel鈥檚 military said it struck missile launchers in Bushehr, Isfahan and Ahvaz, as well as a command center in the Yazd area where it said missiles were stored.

Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists. The group said of those dead, it identified 380 civilians and 253 security force personnel.

In Israel, at least 24 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded.