Overview

• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly dismissed President Donald Trump’s call for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” cautioning that any US military intervention would inflict “irreparable damage.”
• President Trump acknowledged weighing military options against Iran, including a potential strike on Khamenei, but said he would refrain from such action “at least for now.”
• Israel has stepped up airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, missile launch sites and senior military figures, prompting Iran to launch a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones in retaliation.
• A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official indicated that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is open to US-brokered ceasefire talks with Israel, even as Tehran insists it will not negotiate under duress.
• The US Embassy in Jerusalem has begun evacuating American citizens, and three Iranian government and commercial aircraft have landed in Oman, a known intermediary between Washington and Tehran.