Overview

• Trump has not decided whether to authorize strikes on Fordow, citing hopes that threats might coax Iran into renouncing its nuclear programme.
• Critics and veterans warn that any limited bombing could expand into a broader conflict, recalling mission creep in past US interventions.
• Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard asserts Iran is not actively pursuing a bomb, a view President Trump publicly dismissed on June 17.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging US support in his campaign against Iran, seeking to involve American forces in his regional objectives.
• Military analysts caution a strike on the heavily fortified underground facility could trigger retaliatory attacks on US bases and escalate sectarian violence across the Middle East.