Overview
- The Washington Post reports the U.S. lacks sufficient assets in the Middle East for a full-scale strike on Iran after redeploying aircraft, ships and personnel to support operations near Venezuela, with key carriers positioned outside CENTCOM’s area.
- U.S.-based NGO United Against a Nuclear Iran says it delivered to the White House a dossier mapping 50 Iranian military targets in Tehran, including IRGC command sites and Basij facilities.
- An Iranian security-services source told RIA Novosti that authorities are tracking U.S. threats and are in full readiness to repel any aggression, as President Trump reiterates support for protesters and warns of consequences for executions.
- Human-rights tallies diverge under internet blackouts, with HRANA reporting at least 2,403 protesters killed nationwide and other organizations citing lower confirmed counts and difficulties verifying casualties.
- On Greenland, Trump demanded NATO tell Denmark to leave the island and asserted only the U.S. can secure the Arctic area, as Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers; Politico reports aides favor a referendum and influence campaigns, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds just 17% of Americans support acquiring the territory.