Overview
- The Washington Post reports the U.S. lacks enough aircraft, ships and personnel in the Middle East for a full-scale strike on Iran after redeployments linked to the Venezuela operation.
- Trump urged Iranians to continue protests, warned of "strong strikes" if demonstrators are killed, promised assistance, and announced a 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran, which Tehran’s Foreign Ministry denounced as illegal and inhuman.
- Human rights tallies point to heavy casualties in Iran’s unrest, with HRANA reporting at least 2,403 dead and Reuters citing at least 2,000, figures difficult to verify due to internet restrictions.
- The NGO United Against Nuclear Iran provided the White House a dossier of about 50 potential targets in Iran, including IRGC and Basij sites, according to Daily Mail reporting.
- On Greenland, Trump told NATO to tell Denmark to "get out" and claimed the alliance would be stronger if the island were under U.S. control, as U.S. officials arranged a White House meeting with Denmark’s and Greenland’s foreign ministers and European officials voiced alarm.