The June 23 strike targeted the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran.
President Donald Trump told ABC News on Tuesday morning he is "not happy" with either Israel or Iran after the opening hours of a nascent ceasefire between the two combatants were marred by reported exchanges. Trump said Iran and Israel both "violated" the ceasefire that he announced late on Monday.
Through last week, the president and his administration continued to push back on an early intelligence report suggesting that the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities may have only set Tehran's nuclear program back by months.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Iran "neither initiated this war nor wanted it, but we will never leave any aggression against Iran unanswered."
"We will stand by the security of this dear nation with all our being, and respond to every wound on Iran's body with faith, wisdom, and determination. God is our protector," Pezeshkian said.
-ABC News’ Will Gretsky
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a direct warning to the United States on Monday, saying Iran will act directly against the U.S.
"Trump, in violation of all the international rules, entered the territory of our dear Iran, and attacked three points of our holy soil, and has caused damages," IRGC Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Monday.
"Regardless of the amount of the damage incurred from this unwise measure, the mere act of crime and violation won’t be left unanswered, with Allah’s help. This act by Trump was carried out due to despair and to assist its proxy force, the Zionist Regime, especially Netanyahu himself," Mousavi said.
He added, “While we will continue punishment of Netanyahu, with Allah’s permission, powerfully to the point of his misery, we will determinedly act against this mistake by the US, in accordance with the violator’s act.”
-ABC News’ Will Gretsky
Qatari authorities announced on Monday the temporary suspension of air traffic in the country's airspace out of concern for the safety of citizens, residents and visitors, according to the Qatari Foreign Ministry.
A high-level U.S. defense official said, "We only close airspace if we are convinced the threat is real.”
-ABC News’ Will Gretsky and Kyra Phillips
President Donald Trump is lashing out at Russian official Dmitry Medvedev, who claimed countries would be lining up to supply Iran with nuclear weapons following the American strike.
Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's security council, posted on X Sunday night that "a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads."
Trump took to his own social media page to call out Medvedev's claims, arguing the word "nuclear" shouldn't be used so casually.
"Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the 'N word' (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? If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY," Trump posted on Monday, though Medvedev did not say Russia was ready to provide nuclear weapons to Iran.
"The 'N word' should not be treated so casually," he added.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa
