Overview
- Iran’s supreme leader dismissed President Trump’s overture for renewed negotiations, calling U.S. terms coercive and declaring, “Keep dreaming,” about claims the June strikes erased Iran’s nuclear industry.
- The IAEA’s Rafael Grossi says facilities at Isfahan, Fordow and Natanz were massively damaged, yet Iran retains roughly 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent.
- Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the Cairo arrangement to resume inspections is null and void after Britain, France and Germany triggered the UN snapback of sanctions.
- Trump has repeatedly asserted the strikes “obliterated” Iran’s capabilities, but a leaked Pentagon assessment reported by media indicated the setback may amount to months rather than years.
- Five rounds of indirect U.S.–Iran nuclear talks collapsed with the 12‑day June air campaign by Israel and the United States against Iranian nuclear sites.