Overview

• A ceasefire brokered by President Trump took effect June 23, ending a 12-day cycle of Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military targets and Tehran’s missile retaliation.
• U.S. bunker-buster strikes on Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan inflicted damage on Iran’s enrichment facilities, yet U.S. intelligence and Iranian officials dispute the scale of the setback.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency has urged immediate onsite inspections to verify the location and status of enriched uranium that may have been moved before the strikes.
• Iranian authorities have arrested over 530 people for alleged ties to Israeli intelligence since the fighting began on June 13, and have executed at least six prisoners on espionage charges.
• Iran’s economy, already strained by sanctions and mismanagement, now confronts deepening hardship and a potential purge within the regime as internal security measures tighten.