Overview
- At a press conference in Doral, Trump said U.S. intelligence found Iran starting a replacement nuclear facility “protected by granite” after earlier strikes.
- He said Operation Midnight Hammer last June “obliterated” the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan sites and alleged Iran also sped up conventional ballistic missile production.
- Trump described the follow-on campaign, Operation Epic Fury, as “very complete, pretty much,” even as officials suggested further action, and crude and gasoline prices faced pressure.
- He warned he would hit Iran “at a much harder level” if it attempts to cut oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Washington Examiner reported the U.S. employed GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators against the fortified Fordow site, while the Washington Times reported Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader after Ali Khamenei was killed in initial strikes, claims not broadly corroborated.