Overview

• The United States joined Israel’s June 20 airstrikes on Iran’s dispersed and hardened nuclear facilities, prompting President Trump to claim full obliteration despite lack of independent damage assessments.
• Iran says it evacuated material from targeted sites and moved it to undisclosed locations before the strikes, and its Atomic Energy Organization chief had warned of a secret enrichment facility.
• Iran’s parliament approved a nonbinding motion to close the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation to US strikes, highlighting Tehran’s strategic leverage over a key global oil route.
• Trump posted the ceasefire announcement on Truth Social, but details remain unconfirmed and no formal agreement has been reached with Iran or international partners.
• Tehran rejected the truce declaration and resumed missile attacks on Israel and US bases, underscoring the fragility of the declared ceasefire and the risk of further escalation.