Overview
- Reports published Monday describe Pentagon plans for weeks of targeted raids in Iran, with roughly 17,000 U.S. troops and more B-52, B-1 and B-2 bombers positioned to support ground actions.
- President Trump said he is negotiating with Tehran and floated seizing Iran’s oil hub on Kharg Island, while the Wall Street Journal reports he is weighing a mission to recover hundreds of kilograms of enriched uranium.
- U.S. planning centers on short incursions by special operations units and infantry to strike coastal defenses and key sites near the Strait of Hormuz rather than a large-scale invasion.
- Spain denied U.S. access to its Rota and Morón bases and closed its airspace to flights tied to the Iran campaign, including refueling aircraft, which complicates coalition logistics.
- Iran warned it would attack U.S. forces and partners and, overnight, struck a power and desalination site in Kuwait that killed one person, as Gulf capitals split between calls to intensify pressure and pushes for mediation.