Overview

• On June 21, U.S. B-2 bombers and a guided-missile submarine struck Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan with GBU-57 bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk missiles under President Trump’s orders.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the operation “historically successful” and said he saw no evidence that Iran moved enriched uranium before the attacks.
• A preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency assessment, leaked to the press and deemed low-confidence by officials, concluded the strikes may have set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months.
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei downplayed the damage and experts warn Tehran may have concealed enriched uranium in hidden sites such as Pickaxe Mountain.
• The fragile ceasefire with Israel persists as the U.S. and Iran prepare for diplomatic talks next week, the IAEA seeks access to assess site damage and the administration moves to limit intelligence sharing with Congress.