Overview
- Karoline Leavitt read Trump’s statement highlighting a “substantial chance” of negotiations to end the crisis before authorizing military action.
- Any diplomatic agreement must bar uranium enrichment and ensure Iran cannot produce a nuclear weapon, according to the White House.
- Israel has intensified airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites, while Iran responded with missile attacks that damaged a hospital in Beersheba.
- US officials have plans for bunker-busting bombs unique in their ability to strike Iran’s fortified Fordow enrichment facility.
- Germany, France and Britain will convene with Iran’s Foreign Minister in Geneva on June 20 to seek a diplomatic resolution.