Overview

• The United States deployed its largest conventional bunker-buster bombs on June 20 to target Iran’s underground Fordow uranium enrichment plant and other nuclear facilities.
• IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said inspections have been blocked since June 13 and that Fordow’s vibration-sensitive centrifuge halls likely suffered very significant damage.
• Iran retaliated with missile and drone strikes against Israeli cities and renewed threats to close the Strait of Hormuz.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Russia is prepared to assist Iran depending on Tehran’s needs.
• European Union foreign ministers urged an immediate diplomatic return to avert further escalation across the Middle East.