Overview
- At Fort Bragg, President Trump said a change of government in Iran would be “the best thing that could happen.”
- He announced the USS Gerald R. Ford will depart for the Middle East “very soon,” joining the USS Abraham Lincoln already in the region.
- Trump signaled that a U.S. military strike remains on the table if Iran refuses a nuclear deal.
- U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Iran’s foreign minister in Oman last week to discuss the nuclear program, with no new talks yet scheduled.
- Rights groups report thousands killed and tens of thousands detained in Iran’s protest crackdown, and exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi urged humanitarian intervention.