Washington, June 22 -- President Donald Trump has said that the US military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's attempts to decapitate the country's alleged nuclear programme in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe.

This comes following Iran's persistent retaliatory attacks against Israel who initiated unprovoked attack over the former's alleged nuclear program on June 13. Iran has tome and again denied the charges and has stated its willingness for talks and inspects of its nuclear sites.

The decision of US to get involved directly comes after more than a week of such strikes by Israel on Iran that aim to systematically eradicate the country's air defences and offensive missile capabilities, while damaging its nucl...