Overview

• The U.S. launched strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on June 22 using over 125 aircraft, including B-2 stealth bombers and guided-missile submarines, and the IAEA reported no off-site radiation increase.
• Dmitry Medvedev initially asserted that multiple countries were prepared to supply Iran with nuclear warheads and later clarified that Russia, as a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty party, would not provide such weapons.
• President Trump ridiculed Medvedev’s “casual” use of the “N word” for nuclear on Truth Social while praising U.S. nuclear submarines for launching 30 Tomahawk missiles at Iran’s facilities.
• Iran responded by firing ballistic missiles at a U.S. airbase in Qatar, marking an unprecedented direct strike on American forces in the region.
• Vladimir Putin condemned the U.S. strikes as “absolutely unprovoked aggression” and agreed to host talks with Iranian officials in Moscow to discuss the crisis.