U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 “massive ordnance penetrator” bombs on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer early Sunday local time, according to senior officials.

Israel sees Iran as an existential threat. Israel has accused Iran of harboring genocidal intentions, while Iran has accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza. Consequently, Israel has sought sanctions and military action against Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Iranian explanations for the animosity with the United States include “the natural and unavoidable conflict between the Islamic system” and “such an oppressive power as the United States, which is trying to establish a global dictatorship and further its own interests by dominating other nations and trampling on their ...