Trump weighs using biggest US bomb to target Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility: NYT

US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering bombing Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo using a Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), a precisely guided, 30,000-pound bunker-buster bomb, which is the largest conventional weapon in the US arsenal, according to The New York Times.

These bombs are designed to penetrate heavily fortified underground targets, and Iran’s Fordo facility is believed to be reachable only by such deeply penetrating munitions.

“If he decides to go ahead, the United States will become a direct participant in a new conflict in the Middle East, taking on Iran in exactly the kind of war Mr Trump has sworn, in two campaigns, he would avoid,” reporters David E Sanger and Jonathan Swan wrote in their piece.

US President Donald Trump threatened civilians to evacuate Tehran immediately, warning that Iran is being "foolish" for refusing to sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He stressed, “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

Late Monday, Iran launched a series of missile attacks on Israel, targeting Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. According to Israeli media reports, these attacks struck military intelligence centers, leading to a complete halt in production at the Haifa refinery and the deaths of three employees.

These Iranian attacks were launched in retaliation for Israel's earlier assault on Iran's state television during a live broadcast, which killed two media personnel. The news anchor, who was on air at the time, narrowly avoided injury.

According to official data, the Israeli attacks on Iran killed 220 people, 70 of whom were women and children, while Iran has killed more than 20 people in retaliatory attacks.