Overview
- Israeli air force targeted rocket depots and a residential building in Ghom overnight, killing a 16-year-old and wounding two others while explosions were reported near Isfahan’s nuclear research site.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi reiterated that Tehran will not resume talks unless Israel halts its air campaign against Iranian territory.
- Diplomats from Germany, France, Britain and the EU ended a Geneva meeting on June 20 without securing a ceasefire or commitments on Iran’s nuclear activities.
- President Donald Trump has set a June 29 deadline to decide on US military intervention and has redeployed the USS Gerald R. Ford closer to the Middle East.
- Germany carried out its first evacuation of citizens from Israel since the conflict began, and Israeli officials claim their strikes have delayed Iran’s bomb program by two to three years.