A building damaged during an Iranian strike in the Ramat Aviv area in Tel Aviv. Photo: AFP / JACK GUEZ
US President Donald Trump says Iran must now make peace or "we will go after" other targets in Iran, after US strikes that he said "obliterated" Iranian nuclear sites.
"There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days," Trump said in a nationally televised speech at the White House.
"The strikes were a spectacular military success Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
In a speech that lasted just over three minutes, Trump said Iran's future held "either peace or tragedy", and that there were many other targets that could be hit by the US military.
Donald Trump addresses the nation on Iran air strikes. Photo: AFP / POOL
"If peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill."
The US reached out to Iran diplomatically on Saturday (local time) to say the strikes are all the US plans and it does not aim for regime change, CBS News reported.
Trump said US forces struck Iran's three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow. He told Fox News six bunker-buster bombs were dropped on Fordow, while 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired against other nuclear sites.
US B-2 bombers were involved in the strikes, a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Trump on his "bold decision", which he said will change history.
"History will record that President Trump acted to deny the world's most dangerous regime, the world's most dangerous weapons," Netanyahu said.
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