Overview

• Israel’s June 15 killing of a top Iranian general spurred retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Israeli cities.
• Trump has intensified his rhetoric by demanding Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and branding its supreme leader an easy target.
• He convened his national security team in the White House Situation Room to review potential military and diplomatic options on Iran.
• Steve Bannon predicts that once Trump lays out his reasoning, most MAGA supporters will back him despite vocal dissent from some hardliners.
• Human rights groups report at least 585 killed in Iran, including 239 civilians, and the IAEA warns that Natanz’s underground centrifuge halls have sustained damage.