Overview
- Israel launched airstrikes on June 12 targeting its top nuclear facility and multiple military bases in Iran, killing senior IRGC commanders including Hossein Salami.
- Iran announced it would withdraw from pending nuclear negotiations after the strikes and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed severe punishment for the attack.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied any direct U.S. military involvement in planning or executing the operation despite extensive American funding and arms transfers to Israel.
- Tucker Carlson labeled President Trump “complicit” in the attacks in a newsletter titled “This Could Be the Final Newsletter Before All-Out War.”
- President Trump praised Israel’s “excellent” attack on social media, underscoring deep divisions within the administration and broader U.S. political discourse.