Overview

• The breach of state-run television channels on June 18 featured footage of women’s protests and messages urging Iranians to rise up against the regime.
• A pro-Israel hacking group known as Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for siphoning more than $90 million from Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, and also targeting state-owned Bank Sepah.
• Iranian state television attributed the signal disruptions to interference by the “Zionist enemy,” warning viewers that unrelated images may appear due to satellite tampering.
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a threat of “irreparable damage” and an all-out war against the United States if American forces strike Iran.
• President Donald Trump is weighing authorization of military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities after consultations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.