Overview
- U.S. forces joined Israel’s June 13 attacks on June 20, using bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk missiles against Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities.
- Maxar satellite imagery showed multiple deep craters at Fordow, while the IAEA reported no off-site radiation increases and said underground damage remains under assessment.
- Iran’s parliament backed a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned there will be no return to diplomacy until Tehran has retaliated.
- President Trump declared the strikes had obliterated Iran’s enrichment capabilities, even as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials stressed the mission was not aimed at regime change.
- Brent crude and WTI oil prices climbed to multimonth highs on supply-risk fears as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and global leaders urged both sides to stand down and resume talks.