Overview

• The Iranian Parliament is poised to pass a bill that would halt cooperation with the IAEA until it secures guarantees of impartial oversight.
• The planned suspension follows US airstrikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear facilities under Operation Midnight Hammer.
• Lawmakers backed a non-binding resolution to close the Strait of Hormuz, with any enforcement decision reserved for the Supreme National Security Council led by Ali Khamenei.
• IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi warned that the recent strikes inflicted “very significant” damage after the agency’s board declared Iran non-compliant with its nuclear obligations.
• Iran has launched missile and drone attacks on Israel in retaliation for earlier air raids, and Tehran reports over 400 dead and 3,500 wounded across recent clashes.