Overview

• The ceasefire brokered by President Trump on June 23 has been repeatedly violated by overnight missile exchanges between Iran and Israel.
• President Trump has maintained that U.S. bunker-buster bombs completely obliterated three Iranian nuclear facilities, dismissing an early intelligence assessment that suggested only a limited setback.
• Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that Trump’s portrayal of the strikes was exaggerated while affirming that Iran dealt a retaliatory blow to a U.S. base in the region.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency has urged immediate inspections to determine the disposition of Iran’s enriched uranium stocks that may have been moved before the attacks.
• U.S. and Iranian envoys are scheduled to meet next week in an effort to secure a diplomatic agreement to prevent further escalation.