Tehran’s Attacks on the U.S. Air Bases in Qatar and Iraq: Iran’s Revolutive Guard Corps and the State of Qatar

Iran’s state-run news agency Tasnim said Monday that Tehran launched missile attacks on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq. Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, reported spotting missiles in the skies over the Gulf emirate, which is home to the U.S airbase of Al Udeid, U.S. Central Command’s forward headquarters in the Middle East.

The White House and the Department of Defense are keeping close watch on potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base, said a senior White House official.

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said in a statement on X: “We express the State of Qatar’s strong condemnation of the attack on Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and consider it a flagrant violation of the State of Qatar’s sovereignty and airspace, as well as of international law and the United Nations Charter. We affirm that the State of Qatar reserves the right to respond directly in a manner proportional to the nature and scale of this blatant aggression and in accordance with international law.” The base had been evacuated prior to the attack.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed on Sunday that the three sites — Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz — were all hit in the attack. The extent of damage to the underground Fordo site was “not immediately possible to assess,” the agency said, adding that Natanz and Isfahan suffered additional damage in the U.S. bombings after previously being struck by Israeli forces.

“Final battle damage will take some time, but initial damage assessments indicate the sites sustained extremely severe damage anddestruction,” Caine said.

Takeaway on the U.S. airstrikes on Iran — and what might come next: Trump’s Truth Social Post on Saturday Night

The strikes were intended to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, according to U.S. officials. President Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday evening that the American assault was “very successful.”

While the reaction among politicians largely fell on party lines, it didn’t do so exclusively. The sole authority to authorize war should have been called back from vacation by Congress according to Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie.

“For the 40,000 troops in at least six countries in the Middle East, I think they are now at greater risk because it wasn’t the case here,” Kelly said.

On Meet The Press Sen. Mark Kelly stated that Iran was not posing an immediate threat to the U.S. before the strike. He said that the president has the right to act when there is a clear threat to the United States.

He said that the strike was a clear violation of the Constitution, which gives the power to declare war to Congress.

Yet many Democrats accused Trump of sidestepping the Constitution by directing the military to attack Iran without seeking Congressional approval first.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Iran had rejected all diplomatic pathways to peace, while House Speaker Mike Johnson said Trump did what he needed to do and made the right call.

Iran’s government is weighing how to respond after the U.S. military launched a series of coordinated bombing attacks Saturday against three Iranian nuclear facilities in a major escalation of the ongoing Middle East conflict.

Earlier in June, Israel began bombing nuclear facilities and other sites across Iran. The two countries have been trading deadly attacks since then, and the U.S. military has helped intercept missiles and drones fired at Israel. But the U.S. did not get directly involved in the Israeli offensive until the surprise strikes on Saturday.

The U.S. military operation was “an outrage, grave and unprecedented violation” of UN Charter and international law, said Iran’s foreign minister.

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MIGA! The Operation Midnight Hammer: Takeaway on the U.S. Airstrikes on Iran – and What Might Come Next

The mission, dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer,” began at midnight on Friday when a group of B-2 stealth bombers took off from an Air Force base near Kansas City, Mo., according to Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Dan Caine, who briefed reporters on Sunday.

Some bombers flew west as decoys, while the other planes that would ultimately strike Iranian nuclear sites flew east. The 14 bombs were dropped on multiple targets at Fordo and Natanz over a three hour period.

Bunker-buster bombs are used to attack fortified subterranean targets and burrow deep into the ground before exploding.

On Saturday, as the aircraft were entering Iranian airspace, a submarine launched missiles at the nuclear site.

The strikes were denounced by the Foreign Minister of Iran during a news conference in Istanbul on Sunday. “The war-mongering and lawless administration in Washington is solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression,” he said.

Several top Israeli politicians welcomed the strikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump in a video message, while Knesset opposition leader Yair Lapid said Trump and the U.S. military “made the world a safer place.”

But U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “gravely alarmed” by the American use of force, calling the U.S. strikes a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.”

In a Truth Social post Sunday afternoon, Trump floated the possibility of regime change in Iran. “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? It’s MIGA!

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Associated Press: U.S. Forces Are Active in the Strong-Iranian Interaction after the Saturday September 11 Bombings

The State Department doubled the number of emergency evacuation flights for American citizens leaving Israel and is evacuating nonessential staff from the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, the Associated Press reported.

Caine said U.S. forces remain on high alert and would respond to any “Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks.” In addition to Kuwait, the U.S. operates bases in other countries near Iran.

The IAEA also said that Iranian authorities hadn’t reported a jump in off-site radiation following the bombings on Saturday, and that it didn’t expect there to be any health impacts on people outside the three sites.

According to two independent experts analyzing satellite imagery, Iran’s nuclear enterprise is still intact and they believe the country still has stock of highly enriched uranium.