Iran defended its right to self-defense, as President Trump doubled down on the claim that the strikes had caused “monumental damage” to Iranian nuclear sites.

Iran said the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites have widened the range of legitimate targets for its military response.

Iran’s leaders are discovering they’re on their own against the US and Israel, without the network of proxies and allies that allowed them to project power in the Middle East and beyond.

Across the U.S. Americans are expressing a mixture of support, apprehension and anxiety over President Donald Trump's decision to bomb nuclear sites in Iran.

Several close U.S. allies have urged a return to the negotiating table in the wake of American strikes on Iran while noting the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program