US President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his rhetoric and messaging around America’s military campaign against Iran, highlighting the scale of strikes carried out under Operation Epic Fury. He shared a social media post showing Iran’s Isfahan site engulfed in flames.Earlier, Trump had warned that Iran’s energy infrastructure could be “obliterated” if a deal was not reached soon.The post, shared on Truth Social without a caption, showed massive explosions lighting up the night sky over Isfahan, a city of around 2.3 million people and home to the Badr military airbase.According to a US official cited by The Wall Street Journal, American forces struck a large ammunition depot in Isfahan using 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs. A significant number of penetrator munitions were reportedly used in the operation.Isfahan is also known to house enriched uranium linked to Iran’s nuclear programme. The city had previously been targeted during a US strike last year in summer under Operation Midnight Hammer, which focused on its nuclear facilities.
