Also at stake are Trump鈥檚 next steps in the Middle East, where diplomatic efforts could be required to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program.
Iran maintains that its atomic ambitions are for peaceful purposes, while U.S. and Israeli leaders have described the country鈥檚 nuclear program as the precursor to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
One of the targets of the U.S. attack was Fordo, where nuclear infrastructure is buried deep underground. The Israeli commission said in a statement that the bombing 鈥渞endered the enrichment facility inoperable.鈥
The statement was distributed by the White House and the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
鈥淭he American strikes on Iran鈥檚 nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other parts of Iran鈥檚 military nuclear program, have 鈥渟et back Iran鈥檚 ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years,鈥 the statement said.