Overview

• Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty’s two-day trip to New Delhi, set for June 23–24, has been postponed indefinitely amid rising regional tensions.
• President Trump announced that American B2 bombers “obliterated” enrichment facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan in early-morning raids on June 22.
• Tehran condemned the strikes as “unlawful and reckless” in a letter to the UN Security Council and vowed to hold Washington and Tel Aviv accountable.
• Abdelatty, who recently hosted Iran’s Seyed Abbas Araghchi, had been in consultation with both Iranian and American leaders and was due to meet India’s S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw.
• India and Egypt elevated ties to Strategic Partnership status in 2023, with Egypt now serving as a vital evacuation corridor for Indian nationals in Israel.