Overview

• President Trump asked why Tehran’s leadership shouldn’t be overthrown if it fails to “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN,” marking the first time he publicly raised the prospect of regime change in Iran.
• On June 20, U.S. B-2 stealth bombers carried out precision strikes on the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities with bunker-busting munitions.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance stressed in separate briefings that the mission was designed solely to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and not to topple its government.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi vowed retaliation and Tehran’s parliament approved measures to close the Strait of Hormuz as tensions with the West escalated.
• The Department of Homeland Security issued a heightened National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin and the UK, France and Germany urged Iran to resume diplomatic talks.