Overview

• Iranian state television warned that every American citizen or military personnel in West Asia is now a target following US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities.
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cautioned the United States of “severe consequences” for its military intervention, underscoring Tehran’s readiness to retaliate.
• Hossein Shariatmadar called for missile strikes on the US naval fleet in Bahrain and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to American, British, German and French vessels.
• The US has over 40,000 troops deployed under CENTCOM across bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
• Pentagon officials are reinforcing regional defenses and coordinating with allies to shield US forces from an expected Iranian counterattack.