NORTHWOOD (Reuters) — France and Britain on Thursday agreed to reinforce cooperation over their respective nuclear arsenals as the two European powerhouses seek to respond to growing threats to the continent and uncertainty over their U.S. ally.
The announcement came after French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a three-day state visit to Britain, where the two allies sought to turn the page on years of turbulence following Britain&#8217;s decision to withdraw from the European Union.
&#8220;This morning, we signed the Northward declaration, confirming for the first time that we are coordinating our independent nuclear deterrence,&#8221; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a news conference alongside Macron.
&#8220;From today, our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations. There is no greater demonstration of the importance of this relationship.&#8221;
U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s questioning of burden-sharing in NATO and his overtures to Russia have led to existential questions in Europe about the trans-Atlantic relationship and Washington&#8217;s commitment to helping defend its European allies.
Europe&#8217;s primary nuclear deterrence comes from the United States and is a decades-old symbol of trans-Atlantic solidarity.
Macron said the two countries had created an oversight committee to coordinate their cooperation, a task he said was vital.
&#8220;The decision is that we don&#8217;t exclude the coordination of our respective deterrents. It&#8217;s a message that our partners and adversaries must hear,&#8221; Macron said.
The closer cooperation had nothing to do with their efforts to create a coalition of the willing to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, he added.
While both sides will keep their own decision-making processes and strategic ambiguity, the move does suggest further protection for the continent at a time when the United States&#8217; commitment to Europe is under scrutiny.
Macron has previously said he will launch a strategic dialogue on extending the protection offered by France&#8217;s nuclear arsenal to its European partners.
The U.S. has nuclear arms in Europe and tens of thousands of troops deployed in bases across the continent with military capabilities that Europe cannot match.
France spends about 5.6 billion euros ($6.04 billion) annually on maintaining its stockpile of 290 submarine- and air-launched nuclear weapons, the world&#8217;s fourth largest.
Britain describes its nuclear programme as &#8220;operationally independent,&#8221; but sources missile technology from the U.S. and depends on the U.S. for acquisition and maintenance support.
&#8220;On the nuclear agreement that we&#8217;ve reached today &#8230; it is truly historic,&#8221; Starmer said.
(Additional reporting by Sam Tabahriti; Writing by John Irish; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday formally suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has formally issued the law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The directive has been sent to the Atomic Energy Organization, Supreme National Security Council and the Ministry of Foreign… <a href="https://t.co/8hP7UCtCam">pic.twitter.com/8hP7UCtCam</a>
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He issued the law, which was passed <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-parliament-approves-bill-suspend-cooperation-with-un-nuclear-watchdog-2025-06-25/">last week</a> by the Iranian parliament, stipulating that Iran’s Supreme National Security Council must approve any future inspections by the IAEA. Pezeshkian’s announcement was transmitted to the Atomic Energy Organization.
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“It&#8217;s time to activate the snapback (sanctions),” Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa’ar, posted on X in response to the news. “I call on the E3 countries  — Germany, Britain and France  — to reimpose all sanctions against Iran. Iran has just issued a scandalous announcement to stop cooperation between itself and the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). This is a complete renunciation of all its international nuclear obligations. After the action of Israel and the US — the international community must act now and decisively with all the tools at its disposal to stop the Iranian nuclear program.”
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עכשיו זה הזמן להפעיל את הסנאפבק! אני קורא למדינות ה-E3 &#8211; גרמניה, בריטניה וצרפת להחזיר לתוקף את כל הסנקציות נגד איראן. איראן פרסמה זה עתה הודעה שערורייתית על הפסקת שיתוף הפעולה בינה לבין סבא&quot;א (הסוכנות הבינ&quot;ל לאנרגיה אטומית). זו התנערות מוחלטת מכל מחויבויותיה הגרעיניות הבינ&quot;ל.…
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“One of #Iran&#8217;s regime&#8217;s remaining points of leverage is the opacity of its nuclear program following the U.S. and #Israel strikes,” Jason Brodsky of United Against Nuclear Iran noted. “So it will exploit the uncertainty over its stockpile and program as a Sword of Damocles over the IAEA and int&#8217;l community.”
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One of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Iran</a>&#39;s regime&#39;s remaining points of leverage is the opacity of its nuclear program following the U.S. and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a> strikes. So it will exploit the uncertainty over its stockpile and program as a Sword of Damocles over the IAEA and int&#39;l community.<a href="https://t.co/1SsX3TntiP">https://t.co/1SsX3TntiP</a>
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After Iran&#8217;s Kayhan newspaper, which is closely aligned with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-859499">accused</a> IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi of ties with the Mossad, which could mean his arrest and execution if he entered Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio fired back on X, stating, “Calls in Iran for the arrest and execution of IAEA Director General Grossi are unacceptable and should be condemned. We support the IAEA&#8217;s critical verification and monitoring efforts in Iran and commend the Director General and the IAEA for their dedication and professionalism. We call on Iran to provide for the safety and security of IAEA personnel.”
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Calls in Iran for the arrest and execution of IAEA Director General Grossi are unacceptable and should be condemned.
We support the lAEA&#39;s critical verification and monitoring efforts in Iran and commend the Director General and the lAEA for their dedication and professionalism.…
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France, Germany, and the United Kingdom’s foreign ministries condemned the threats against the Grossi, issuing a statement reiterating their “full support to the Agency and the DG in carrying out their mandate. We call on Iranian authorities to refrain from any steps to cease cooperation with the IAEA. We urge Iran to immediately resume full cooperation in line with its legally binding obligations, and to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of IAEA personnel.”

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi admitted to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/iran-foreign-minister-claims-us-strikes-heavily-seriously-damaged-nuclear-sites/">CBS News</a> that the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow, contrary to media reports based on thin intelligence reports, had indeed been “seriously and heavily damaged.”
“No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow,” Araghchi said. “That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged. The Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran is currently undertaking evaluation and assessment of the report, of which will be submitted to the government.”
Asked whether Iranian inspectors had been able to access Fordow or whether they were still trying to access it, he answered, “The Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran will have to respond to that question because it is they who are currently doing the evaluation and assessment.”
Araghchi was also asked whether President Trump’s claim was accurate that the Iranian nuclear facilities, which the U.S. struck, had been “obliterated.”
“It appears they have been heavily and seriously damaged. However, I would like to reiterate that I do not have accurate information regarding the damage. We need to wait until the reports come in to see whether or not they will be able to be relaunched or if they will be relaunched,” he answered.
Despite the fact that Iran had enriched its uranium to a level only appropriate for nuclear weapons rather than peaceful energy purposes, Araghchi insisted that Iran only had a “peaceful nuclear program,” declaring, “Iran has undergone heavy sanctions because of its peaceful nuclear program &#8230; Iran’s peaceful nuclear program has turned into a matter of national pride and glory.”
“Iran has pursued uranium, which it is currently enriching up to a level of 60 percent in spinning machines called gas centrifuges,” the Foundation for Defense of Democracies <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/05/21/9-myths-about-irans-uranium-enrichment-program/">noted</a>. “Once that level is achieved, Tehran has accomplished 99 percent of the <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/08/25/irans-nuclear-concession-may-not-be-one-at-all/">effort</a> to make weapons-grade uranium. &#8230; Despite spending hundreds of billions of dollars on enrichment, <a href="https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/03/gov2025-8.pdf">enriching</a> thousands of kilograms of uranium domestically at three enrichment facilities, and claiming it has an ‘<a href="https://x.com/IranNuances/status/1919440662673432778">industrial</a>’ enrichment program — one that can fuel nuclear power reactors — Iran has yet to fuel its sole operating nuclear power plant at Bushehr.”
“Our people will not easily back down from enrichment and not put it away,” Araghchi trumpeted, then claimed that Islamic religious principles forbade Iran developing nuclear weaponry as he said, “According to the fatwa, that is a religious decree by the Supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution, nuclear weaponry has no place whatsoever in the security doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

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Actor John Cusack abandoned all efforts at self-preservation when he declared that Iran &#8220;should get&#8221; a nuclear weapon and claimed that doing so would be &#8220;the only way&#8221; to truly keep the United States and Israel in check.
Cusack, who has often been critical of administrations run by both major political parties, claims first and foremost to be &#8220;anti-war&#8221; — a position he describes more as &#8220;pro-troops and pro-human&#8221; because he&#8217;d prefer to see all troops returned home and an end to the killing. Despite that position, he took to X on Friday to argue that the world&#8217;s largest state sponsor of terror should have access to the most dangerous weapon in existence — even though Iran has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/israel-nuclear-iran-threat.html">called</a> for Israel to be &#8220;wiped off the map&#8221; and frequently uses &#8220;death to America&#8221; as a rallying cry.
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&#8220;Iran will surely rush to get a nuclear weapon — and they should get one — it’s the only way to deter US and Israel from bombing every country in Middle East,&#8221; Cusack posted just days after the United States military executed targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The American strikes, in combination with a series of attacks carried out by the Israel Defense Forces against military and nuclear targets in Iran, were all aimed at the same objective: preventing a rogue Islamist state from acquiring nuclear weapons. In response to the attacks, Iran fired missiles indiscriminately at civilian populations in Israel, attempting to overwhelm the Iron Dome&#8217;s defense capabilities – and, in some cases, succeeding.
Cusack&#8217;s commentary over the last several years has been blatantly anti-Israel. He has repeatedly claimed that the situation in Gaza amounts to a genocide, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/john-cusack-rejects-antisemitism-accusations-as-complete-lies/">denying</a> mass rape perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, who slaughtered 1,200 Israelies and sparked the ongoing war.
He also referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as &#8220;a murderous gangster&#8221; — but had no such words for the terrorists who entered Israeli homes, <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/sknpqcl5a">labeling</a> Hamas as a &#8220;charity organization&#8221; in past posts on X. He made no mention of the Israelis who remain hostage in Gaza, subjected to as yet unknown tortures at the hands of their Iranian-backed captors.
&#8220;Blind allegiance for Israel is alliance to a genocidal regeme — it’s a nation state — run [b]y a murderous gangster — not some fixed star,&#8221; he claimed.
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Blind allegiance for Israel is alliance to a genocidal regeme &#8211; it’s a nation state &#8211; run my a murderous gangster &#8211; not some fixed star.
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‘It’s The Only Way’: Hollywood Weirdo Says Iran ‘Should Get’ Nuke, Use It To ‘Stop’ U.S. And Israel

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The pilots who flew the B-2 bombers that attacked multiple Iran nuclear sites last weekend are coming to the White House, according to President Donald Trump.
During an interview on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; anchor Maria Bartiromo asked Trump if he was going to &#8220;do something&#8221; for the &#8220;courageous&#8221; pilots after noting the president wants to &#8220;honor&#8221; them.
&#8220;Yes, they&#8217;re going to come to the White House. But what you said is right. These people flew 36 hours in a small space, a big plane, but a small spaces mostly occupied by bombs, and they flew so brilliantly,&#8221; Trump said.
He added, &#8220;They hit a target the size of this circle &#8230; a little target, they say half the size of a refrigerator door from 50,000 feet up in the air. Going at a rapid speed, because they&#8217;re going very fast when they&#8217;re over a pretty rough territory. And they hit it every single time. And then they knocked out two other sites aside from that.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on the B-2 pilots: &#8220;They&#8217;re going to come to the White House &#8230; They hit a target the size of a circle — a little target, they say half the size of a refrigerator door, from 50,000 feet up in the air going at a rapid speed &#8230; And they hit it every single time.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/jhWxAuloR5">pic.twitter.com/jhWxAuloR5</a>
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For a mission dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, the B-2 bombers launched from the United States and refueled multiple times while in flight during the trip to Iranian airspace, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-2-bombers-arrive-back-in-missouri-after-hammering-iranian-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news conference. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-2-bombers-arrive-back-in-missouri-after-hammering-iranian-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, they struck targets at Fordo and Natanz and Tomahawk missiles fired from a United States submarines hit Isfahan moments later. Following the attack, the B-2 bombers made a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-2-bombers-arrive-back-in-missouri-after-hammering-iranian-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">return trip</a> to Missouri.
Trump, who says the strikes were necessary to prevent Tehran from achieving a nuclear weapon, deemed the attack a success.
&#8220;Those pilots went in there with those beautiful planes and the most sophisticated bombs anywhere in the world. Think of it, they can go 30 stories deep into granite. Who would think that&#8217;s even possible? And they did obliterate it, it turned out,&#8221; Trump told Bartiromo.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also praised the pilots and others involved in the operation.
&#8220;I want to recognize pilots who flew those bombers; who flew those fighters; who flew those refuelers: Warriors. I want to recognize the sailors, on those destroyers, in those subs. on those carriers: Warriors. All of them. I want to recognize our soldiers doing air defense, base defense, QRF: Warriors. All of them,” Hegseth said in a statement. &#8220;Every American involved in this operation performed flawlessly.&#8221;

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According to a state-sponsored news agency in Iran, the Iranian government has decided to ban IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi from entering the country as well as any surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities.
“Iran will no longer allow Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or the installation of surveillance cameras at its nuclear facilities, a top Iranian lawmaker announced,” the Mehr news agency <a href="https://en.mehrnews.com/news/233741/Iran-to-bar-Grossi-IAEA-cameras-from-nuclear-sites">reported</a>. “Hamid Reza Haji Babaei, Vice Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said on Saturday that Iran’s decision stems from the discovery of sensitive facility data within documents obtained from the Israeli regime.”
The Kayhan newspaper, supervised by Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly <a href="https://www.iranintl.com/en/202506275935">called</a> for the arrest and execution of Grossi, writing, “It must be officially announced that upon entering Iran, he will be tried and executed on charges of spying for Mossad and participating in the killing of the oppressed people of our country.”
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On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted calls Iran for Grossi to be arrested and executed. “Calls in Iran for the arrest and execution of IAEA Director General Grossi are unacceptable and should be condemned,” Rubio wrote. “We support the lAEA&#8217;s critical verification and monitoring efforts in Iran and commend the Director General and the lAEA for their dedication and professionalism. We call on Iran to provide for the safety and security of IAEA personnel.”
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On Friday, Grossi implied the necessity of the IAEA being allowed to check on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/29/iran-will-likely-be-able-to-produce-enriched-uranium-in-a-matter-of-months-iaea-chief-says">saying</a>, “They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that. &#8230; We don’t know where this material could be. So some could have been destroyed as part of the attack, but some could have been moved. So there has to be at some point a clarification. &#8230; We need to be in a position to ascertain, to confirm what is there, and where is it and what happened.”

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The GOP-led Senate rejected on Friday a measure that sought to stop President Donald Trump from launching further attacks on Iran without the consent of Congress.
Sen. Tim Kaine&#8217;s (D-VA) war powers <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/iran_war_powers_resolution.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> was defeated in a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00328.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">53-47 vote</a>, mostly along party lines. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the sole Republican to vote &#8220;yea&#8221; while Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) joined the rest of the GOP in opposing it.
&#8220;The Framers of our Constitution gave Congress the power to declare war because they believed that the decision to send our nation’s men and women in uniform into harm’s way was too big for any one person. The Trump Administration’s chaotic strategy on Iran confused the American people and created significant risks for servicemembers and their families,&#8221; Kaine said in a <a href="https://x.com/SenTimKaine/status/1938740715607011514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;I am disappointed that many of my colleagues are not willing to stand up and say Congress needs to be part of a decision as important as whether or not the U.S. should send our nation’s sons and daughters to fight against Iran,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I will continue to do all I can to keep presidents of any party from starting wars without robust public debate by Congress.&#8221;
Trump ordered military strikes on three sites in Iran last weekend as part of an effort to prevent Tehran from achieving nuclear weapons. Although the president deemed the operation a success and called for peace following a counterattack on a U.S. military base in Qatar with no American casualties, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-he-will-absolutely-start-bombing-iran-again-if-they-enrich-uranium-to-high-levels?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+He+Will+%E2%80%98Absolutely%E2%80%99+Start+Bombing+Iran+Again+If+They+Enrich+Uranium+To+High+Levels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> on Friday that the United States would bomb Iran again if it resumed enriching uranium to high levels.
In a <a href="https://x.com/SenatorCollins/status/1938715871255367960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> released after the vote, Sen. Susan Collins (R-MA) argued that Congress did not need to give Trump authorization at this time.
&#8220;Since the despicable attacks on October 7, 2023, Iran has continued to use proxies and empowered terrorist groups to attack American servicemembers and our ally Israel. This week, Iran threatened to attack Americans on our own soil and around the world,&#8221; Collins said. &#8220;I supported the President’s targeted strike on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities because a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an unacceptable threat to America and our allies. I also applaud the current ceasefire. Given this backdrop, it is the wrong time to consider this resolution and to risk inadvertently sending a message to Iran that the President cannot swiftly defend Americans at home and abroad.&#8221;
&#8220;There has always been a Constitutional tension between Article I vesting in Congress the power to declare war and Article II designating the President as Commander-in-Chief,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I continue to believe that Congress has an important responsibility to authorize the sustained use of military force. That is not the situation we are facing now. The President has the authority to defend our nation and our troops around the world against the threat of attack.&#8221;
Some lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House are pushing for another war powers vote, but Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-exposes-dem-hypocrisy-on-iran-strikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> that he did not think it was necessary.
&#8220;I don’t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don’t think it’s necessary. Listen, for 80 years, presidents of both parties have acted with the same commander in chief authority under Article 2&#8221; of the Constitution, Johnson said.
Johnson went on to mention how Democrats who are complaining now did not seem to mind when former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama conducted military operations in the region without seeking explicit approval from Congress for those campaigns.
&#8220;You had President Biden use it three times in Middle East operations. President Obama went on an eight-month campaign bombing Libya to take down the regime there. I never heard a Democrat balk about any of that,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;And suddenly now they’re just up in arms. It’s all politics. This is not a time for politics.&#8221;

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Senate Rebuffs Dem Bid To Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers

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President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Thursday of disclosing intelligence about the U.S. strike over the weekend, claiming the bombings on Iranian nuclear facilities did not fully destroy the sites after he declared they were &#8220;obliterated.&#8221;
In a post on Truth Social, Trump went so far as to suggest the culprits should face prosecution, although he did not name anyone in particular.
&#8220;The Democrats are the ones who leaked the information on the PERFECT FLIGHT to the Nuclear Sites in Iran. They should be prosecuted!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114751173173020083" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
A probe is already underway after CNN, as well as The New York Times, reported on early intelligence claiming the bombings did not completely destroy the sites and set back Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program only by a few months.
&#8220;We’re doing a leak investigation with the FBI right now, because this information is for internal purposes, battle-damage assessments,&#8221; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-hegseth-slam-media-over-iran-strike-leak-professional-stabbers-undermining-u-s-victory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday. &#8220;And CNN and others are trying to spin it to make the president look bad when this is an overwhelming success.&#8221;
The CIA and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard contend that further analysis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cia-reveals-intelligence-showing-u-s-destroyed-key-iranian-nuclear-facilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicates</a> the facilities were in fact destroyed by the strike, which the Trump administration says was necessary to keep Iran from achieving nuclear weapons.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1938360522614649104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> after a briefing on the Iran strike that it was clear the Trump administration lacked a &#8220;coherent strategy&#8221; and &#8220;no plan&#8221; for keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. He also pushed for a war powers vote and more answers.
Earlier in the day, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fire-everyone-involved-trump-unloads-on-media-after-hegseth-presser-on-iran-strikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assailed</a> the journalists from <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> and The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> who reported on the early intelligence, relying on unnamed sources.
“FAKE NEWS REPORTERS FROM CNN &amp; THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOULD BE FIRED, IMMEDIATELY!!! BAD PEOPLE WITH EVIL INTENTIONS!!!” he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114750055630968441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclaimed</a> in all capital letters on Truth Social.
Trump also threatened a defamation lawsuit against the news outlets, demanding they retract the stories and offer apologies for them, but CNN and The New York Times are <a href="https://x.com/CNNPR/status/1937954110302519517" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defending</a> their reporting.
&#8220;No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/maxwelltani/status/1938352292807221619" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> New York Times lead newsroom attorney David McCraw.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leavitt-debunks-completely-false-report-that-top-dems-not-given-advanced-notice-of-iran-strikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a> another CNN report over the weekend that claimed the Trump administration did not provide advanced notice of the strike to Democrat leaders in Congress, which led to a correction.

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Trump Blames Dems For Iran Strike Intel Leak, Calls For Prosecutions

Chuck Schumer

Democrats

Executive

Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the ongoing dispute between media outlets and the Trump administration regarding the recent military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities — specifically, over whether or not the strikes were successful in destroying the intended targets.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio — declared the strikes a success and pushed back on reports citing an intelligence report that said otherwise. Vance shared a clip of that exchange and explained what he thought was truly telling about the whole scenario: the leaked intelligence report and the media coverage of the strike on Iran.
&#8220;This is such a revealing clip,&#8221; Vance began his lengthy post on X. &#8220;The American media is full of the least curious, least insightful people in our country. To recap, an out of context, &#8216;low confidence&#8217; and incomplete intelligence report was selectively leaked to the media. The media reported on the findings without any real effort to figure out whether they represent any part of (much less the full) truth. The way the media has presented the report is contradicted by the IAEA, the Iranians themselves, and the administration&#8217;s political and defense leadership. More importantly, the media&#8217;s reports are contradicted by common sense.&#8221;
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This is such a revealing clip. The American media is full of the least curious, least insightful people in our country.
To recap, an out of context, &#8220;low confidence&#8221; and incomplete intelligence report was selectively leaked to the media. The media reported on the findings…
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Vance went on to describe what actually happened during the strikes on Iran, saying, &#8220;To summarize: a dozen 30,000-pound bunker busters were dropped on Iran&#8217;s main nuclear site. (The other two sites that were targeted suffered heavy damage too). No one disputes they hit their targets. No one disputes the explosive or destructive power of the weapons. No one disputes that a week ago, Iran could have easily assembled a nuclear weapon and now they can&#8217;t.&#8221;
Everyone stipulated that the United States military had, in fact, struck the intended targets and done damage, Vance explained, noting that the only element in question was how much damage was done — and how quickly, if they were so inclined, could the Iranians rebuild?
&#8220;The entire debate — even accepting the press&#8217;s dishonest framing — is not about whether Iran can now build a nuke. They can&#8217;t. It&#8217;s about how much rebuilding the Iranians would have to do in order to achieve a nuclear weapon,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;In other words, after a wildly successful military operation with no American casualties, the American media is trying to blame Donald Trump for the existence of facilities *that haven&#8217;t even been built yet.* (Set to the side Iran&#8217;s willingness to rebuild their program. As the President himself said, they now know there are serious consequences for rebuilding. They also learned that we can very easily set their progress back.)&#8221;
The vice president concluded by pointing to the one story that he believed should be covered, though it was clear that he held out little hope in American media outlets doing so.
&#8220;There is actually an interesting story here, if the media was interested in telling it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Why are members of the intelligence community leaking incomplete reports against the elected leadership of the country? Why have the same reporters who have gotten so much wrong learned so little? What is the purpose of these leaks — who is behind them, and what are they trying to achieve? The media won&#8217;t investigate that story, though it would be in the public interest to do so.&#8221;
&#8220;So pay attention to the reporters who are laundering talking points from junior careerists in the intelligence community,&#8221; he warned. &#8220;President Trump has obliterated the Iranian nuclear program. The American media seems destined to obliterate their own credibility on this fake story.&#8221;

JD Vance

Vance Obliterates Media Over Iran Strike Coverage, Tells The One Story They ‘Won’t Investigate’

Vance Obliterates Media Over Iran Strike Coverage, Tells The One Story They 'Won't Investigate'

Media

The Iranian government is declaring that it might rebuild their nuclear facilities, adding that the regime had taken steps to protect its nuclear facilities.
“We have taken the necessary measures and are taking stock of the damage,” Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said Tuesday on state-run television, according to Iran’s state-owned Mehr News. “The plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services &#8230; Plans for restarting (the facilities) have been prepared in advance, and our strategy is to ensure that production and services are not disrupted.&#8221;
“An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said his country still had stocks of enriched uranium and that ‘the game is not over,’ claiming that Tehran had been prepared for damage to its nuclear sites,” Alarabiya <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/06/24/iran-is-looking-to-restore-its-nuclear-industry-iran-s-nuclear-chief-says-">reported</a>.
Last week, the White House issued a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/president-trump-has-always-been-clear-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon/">statement</a> saying, “President Donald J. Trump has <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1934779415256551623">never wavered</a> in his stance that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon — a pledge he has made repeatedly, both in office and on the campaign trail. Since taking office, President Trump has clearly stated no fewer than a dozen times that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”
The statement then listed 15 times since Trump took office in January that Trump declared his position, then added, “President Trump made the same pledge no fewer than 40 times on the campaign trail and even earlier,” listing numerous statements Trump had made on the issue dating all the way back to 2011.
On Sunday, the day after President Trump ordered a strike on the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Esfahan and Natanz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1936791941653708903">told</a> anchor Maria Bartiromo on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; that President Trump had tried to make a deal with Iran for months, emphasizing that Trump demanded Iran renounce its nuclear weapons program.
“They tried to play him along the way they&#8217;ve played every American president for the last 35 years and the president told them, ‘If we don&#8217;t get a deal’ — which is what we wanted — ‘then I&#8217;ll have to handle it differently.’ And that&#8217;s what he did last night. He handled it differently,” Rubio said. “But that was an Iranian choice. We didn&#8217;t make that choice. They did by playing games with Donald Trump, they made a huge mistake.”
&#8220;And a bunch of these countries, putting out statements condemning us — privately, they all agree with us — that this needed to be done. They got to do what they got to do for their own public relations purposes, but the only people in the world that are unhappy about what happened in Iran last night is the regime,&#8221; Rubio said.
READ MORE: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-tried-to-play-trump-rubio-says">Iran &#8216;Tried To Play&#8217; Trump, Rubio Says</a>

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Iran’s Nuclear Chief Says Its Taking Stock Of Damage, Plans To Restart Facilities

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Monday that he does not believe a war powers resolution is necessary for President Donald Trump to attack Iran, noting how recent Democrat occupants of the White House did not wait for Congress.
The top Republican made his stance clear when asked by a reporter on Capitol Hill whether he would allow such a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-squad-endorses-massies-resolution-on-u-s-involvement-in-israel-iran-conflict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measure</a> from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) to come to the floor after the U.S. launched strikes on three of Tehran&#8217;s nuclear facilities over the weekend.
“I don&#8217;t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s necessary. Listen, for 80 years, presidents of both parties have acted with the same commander in chief authority under Article 2&#8243; of the Constitution, Johnson <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/does-the-president-need-congress-to-approve-military-actions-in-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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New — Speaker Johnson defends Trump on Iran and responds to our questions about Qatar attack. Says he was briefed this AM.
On whether Congress should have a vote.
“The commander in chief has Article II responsibilities.” Said not an “appropriate time” for vote on war powers <a href="https://t.co/njScF1HNc5">pic.twitter.com/njScF1HNc5</a>
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Johnson went on to mention how Democrats who are complaining now did not seem to mind when former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama conducted military operations in the region without seeking <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/does-the-president-need-congress-to-approve-military-actions-in-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explicit approval</a> from Congress for those campaigns.
&#8220;You had President Biden use it three times in Middle East operations. President Obama went on an eight-month campaign bombing Libya to take down the regime there. I never heard a Democrat balk about any of that,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;And suddenly now they&#8217;re just up in arms. It&#8217;s all politics. This is not a time for politics.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s administration contended the strikes over the weekend were necessary to prevent Tehran from achieving a nuclear weapon. Iran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-attacks-u-s-military-base" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retaliated</a> on Monday by attacking a United States military base in Qatar. The president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114734424268466099" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> afterwards there were no American casualties and pushed for peace in the region.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-CA) claimed on Monday that Trump&#8217;s actions &#8220;do not appear to be consistent&#8221; with the U.S. Constitution after taking &#8220;unilateral offensive military action&#8221; without seeking the go-ahead from Congress.
&#8220;The use of military force, which is offensive in nature, must be approved by the House and the Senate. That’s according to the Constitution. It’s not optional, Donald. It’s not,&#8221; Jeffries <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1937226965511032973" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
However, when asked if he supports the war powers resolution from Massie and Khanna, Jeffries <a href="https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1937230550512595396" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that he had not even looked at it.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-kaine-claims-trump-acted-prematurely-in-striking-iran-presses-ahead-with-war-powers-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> a similar war powers resolution for the upper chamber, which could get a vote in the coming days or weeks.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Speaker Johnson Exposes Dem Hypocrisy On Iran Strikes

Hakeem Jeffries

U.S. House of Representatives

President Donald Trump scolded Russia for &#8220;casually throwing around the &#8216;N word'&#8221; on Monday after Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia, along with other nations, were planning to send nuclear warheads to Iran.
Medvedev, the former president of Russia, <a href="https://x.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1936725778701701276">said</a> on Sunday that Iran&#8217;s &#8220;enrichment of nuclear material&#8221; and &#8220;the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue&#8221; after the United States bombed three major Iranian nuclear facilities in what the Trump administration called an &#8220;obliteration&#8221; of the Ayatollah&#8217;s nuclear ambitions. After the United States&#8217; attack on Iran, Medvedev added that multiple countries &#8220;are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114733380709403439">responded</a> to Medvedev&#8217;s comments, writing on Truth Social, &#8220;Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the &#8216;N word&#8217; (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran? Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination?&#8221;
&#8220;If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;The &#8216;N word&#8217; should not be treated so casually. I guess that’s why Putin’s &#8216;THE BOSS.'&#8221;
The president then praised the U.S. military&#8217;s &#8220;hardware,&#8221; which was put on display during the strikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities on Saturday.
&#8220;By the way, if anyone thinks our &#8216;hardware&#8217; was great over the weekend, far and away the strongest and best equipment we have, 20 years advanced over the pack, is our Nuclear Submarines. They are the most powerful and lethal weapons ever built, and just launched the 30 Tomahawks — All 30 hit their mark perfectly,&#8221; he wrote.
Russia and Iran have found common ground in their anti-West sentiment for decades. Iran has recently supplied Russia with missiles that the country has used in its war against Ukraine, and Russia has <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-857124">reportedly</a> agreed to help Iran build eight nuclear power plants.
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the U.S. attack on Iran on Monday, calling it “absolutely unprovoked,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/23/iran-russia-alliance-strikes-nuclear/">reported</a>. Putin added that U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict &#8220;is bringing the world to a very dangerous point.&#8221; Russia, however, has yet to take any action in support of Iran since the U.S. jumped into the conflict.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obliteration-is-an-accurate-term-trump-says-iran-satellite-images-show-monumental-damage?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Obliteration+Is+An+Accurate+Term%21%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Says+Iran+Satellite+Images+Show+%E2%80%98Monumental+Damage%E2%80%99">said</a> on Sunday night that satellite imagery shows that “Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran.&#8221;
“Obliteration is an accurate term!&#8221; he added.

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