Overview

• Major General Ali Shadmani, Iran’s war-time chief of staff, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in central Tehran just four days after his appointment.
• Shadmani’s death brings to eleven the number of senior Iranian commanders eliminated since Operation Rising Lion began on June 13.
• The Israel Defense Forces claim air superiority and have struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, including sites in Natanz and Isfahan, to degrade Tehran’s atomic capabilities.
• Iran responded with multiple ballistic missile barrages targeting Israeli cities, injuring civilians and damaging property while most projectiles were intercepted.
• U.S. President Donald Trump cut short his G7 summit attendance to return to Washington and pressed Tehran to end its nuclear program as European nations evacuate citizens from the region.