Overview

• Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf proposed legislation to suspend Iran’s engagement with the IAEA until Tehran receives assurances of the agency’s professional conduct.
• Lawmakers voted to advise the Supreme National Security Council on closing the Strait of Hormuz, threatening one of the world’s key oil transit routes.
• The US launched Operation Midnight Hammer over the weekend, striking nuclear facilities in Esfahan, Fordow and Natanz without securing Congressional approval.
• Iran retaliated with coordinated missile and drone attacks on Israeli targets, and Iran’s Health Ministry reports more than 400 dead and 3,500 wounded while Israel confirmed 24 fatalities.
• IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi warned that damage to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is expected to be very significant and noted inspectors remained in the country until last week.