From Amwaj.media, "Exclusive: Iran given advance notice as US insisted attack on nuclear sites is 'one-off'":BIG: High-ranking Iranian source tells @amwajmedia that Trump team gave advance notice of bombings of nuclear sites and insisted they're intended as "one-off". Signs of Trump seeking repeat of Jan 2020 (Soleimani killing=>symbolic Iranian retaliation).https://t.co/wDfPbkKkET
— Mohammad Ali Shabani (@mashabani) June 22, 2025
The story: US President Donald Trump says three key nuclear facilities in Iran have been "obliterated," while threatening more strikes "if peace does not come quickly." This comes as Amwaj.media has learned that Washington notified Tehran of the strikes. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a high-ranking Iranian political source confirmed that the Trump administration on June 21 conveyed that it did not seek an all-out confrontation, and only intended to strike the Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites. Importantly, the senior source also confirmed that the targeted sites were evacuated, with "most" of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium kept in secure locations. [...] Given that Iran is said to have received prior notice along with a private communication from the US that it does not seek a broader conflict, it could be that Trump seeks a repeat of the events of Jan. 2020. The latter entailed a largely symbolic Iranian ballistic missile attack on American bases in Iraq over Trump's authorization of the assassination of then-Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.CBS News is reporting similar:
The U.S. reached out to Iran diplomatically Saturday to say the strikes are all the U.S. plans and that regime change efforts are not planned, the sources said. Earlier this week, multiple U.S. officials told CBS News that Mr. Trump opposed an Israeli plan to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader.I said earlier this month when it became clear the US was about to attack that "We can only hope this will be some tit for tat exchange of symbolic strikes and not the start of World War III." If these reports are accurate, that may actually be the case. The great Alastair Crooke floated such a scenario on Judge Napolitano's show a few weeks back and it seemed plausible. "A senior Iranian source told Reuters that most of the highly enriched uranium stored at the Fordow nuclear facility was moved to an undisclosed location ahead of the US strikes," the Middle East Eye reports. "The source added that the number of personnel at the site had also been reduced to a minimum in anticipation of a potential attack."
❗️Iran reporter finds Trump's strikes a NOTHINGBURGER
Only smoke from Fordow air defense, not nuclear site. Zero significant emergency activity Trump's 'spectacular' bombing just for show? pic.twitter.com/CrJ5slwK0J — RT (@RT_com) June 22, 2025
Rather than attack the US in the wake of the strikes, Iran instead attacked Israel.????| Iranian MP Naqdali:
US should not get its hopes up. Nothing special happened in the US attack on Isfahan nuclear facility. — Arya - آریا (@AryJeay) June 22, 2025
?The Impact site in Tel Aviv which was struck by the first use of Khaybar Missile. pic.twitter.com/MnGW3uxjFK
— Monitor? (@MonitorX99800) June 22, 2025
Something big landed in Tel Aviv this morning pic.twitter.com/Y0914mCaQQ
— COMBATE |?? (@upholdreality) June 22, 2025
⚡️⭕️Compilation from the latest strike on Haifa and Tel Aviv
Good night Live stream of breaking news continues on Telegram uninterrupted ( link in bio, make sure to follow) pic.twitter.com/mvuL67BpEv — Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) June 22, 2025
What if Trump just inflamed the Jewish state's enemies with a one and done strike and then left Israel to fend for itself the same way that during his first term he inflamed the left with all sorts of far right rhetoric only to do nothing for his base? I'm not saying this is the case but it would be really funny if the pattern repeated itself. Read more at: InformationLiberation.comGood morning Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/fKAKb1DBzP
— Arya - آریا (@AryJeay) June 22, 2025
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