Overview
- Iran’s supreme leader publicly mocked President Trump’s claim that June strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear industry and dismissed renewed offers for talks as coercive.
- Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani declared the Cairo inspection framework with the IAEA null and void after the sanctions snapback, saying any new proposal would be reviewed by the council.
- IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said the majority of Iran’s enriched uranium remains at damaged facilities in Isfahan and Fordow, with some in Natanz, and that inspector access now depends on Tehran’s cooperation.
- Assessments of the strikes’ impact remain contested, with Trump asserting the program was obliterated while leaked and independent analyses indicate a shorter setback.
- Iranian officials said the country no longer considers itself bound by JCPOA limits, as inspections and verification remain constrained under restored UN sanctions.