Overview

• U.S. B-2 bombers struck Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites with multiple 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs in Operation Midnight Hammer on June 21.
• Defense Intelligence Agency sources told CNN the strikes likely delayed Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months and left underground enrichment systems operational.
• President Trump denounced the leaked assessment as “fake news,” lambasting CNN and MSNBC for downplaying the mission and urging them to apologize to the pilots.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the report “flat-out wrong” and described the leak as a “treasonous” effort to undermine the operation’s success.
• A ceasefire between Israel and Iran declared on June 22 remains in effect as both sides continue to dispute the true extent of the damage.