B-2 bombers dropped a number of Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs -- known as "bunker busters" -- during the U.S. mission over Iran, a U.S. official confirmed.
A number of Tomahawk cruise missiles were also fired at targets inside Iran from a U.S. Navy submarine, the official confirmed.
Following the strikes, Trump addressed the nation, calling it a "spectacular military success."
The Israel Defense Forces relaxed some of the restrictions across most of Israel, but educational facilities remain closed.
Israelis can now return to their work offices, provided there is an accessible bomb shelter or safe room for employees. They can also gather up to 30 people, indoors or outdoors, the IDF said.
People take shelter for the night at an underground light rail station in the city of Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, June 17, 2025 amidst fears of an Iranian missile attack.
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These relaxed rules do not apply to communities along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, the Gaza border communities and some parts of Southern Israel.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller
Jun 18, 2025, 10:56 AM EDT
Trump says he gave Iran 'ultimate ultimatum'
When asked if he gave Iran an ultimatum, President Donald Trump said he gave Iran the "ultimate ultimatum," but he would not share what the ultimatum was.
Trump also said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, who again offered to mediate between Israel and Iran.
President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, June 18, 2025, in Washington.
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"I said, 'Do me a favor. Mediate your own. Let's mediate Russia first. Okay?'" Trump said Wednesday.
Trump also said that "war is very complex" and "nothing is finished until it's finished."
"I would say that we sure as hell made a lot of progress, and we'll see the next week is going to be very big," Trump said.
Jun 18, 2025, 10:40 AM EDT
Trump does not say if he will strike Iran
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, President Donald Trump did not answer a question on whether he would strike Iran, signaling he has not yet decided.
"You don't know that I'm going to even do it. You don't know; I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I'm going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran's got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate," Trump told reporters at the White House Wednesday.
"And I said, 'Why didn't you negotiate with me before all this death and destruction? Why didn't you negotiate?' I said to people, 'Why didn't you negotiate with me two weeks ago, you could have done fine. You would have had a country.' It's very sad to watch this," Trump said.
Jun 18, 2025, 9:05 AM EDT
Iranian opposition coalition leader calls for 'regime change'
Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran -- a coalition of dissident Iranian groups -- told European lawmakers on Wednesday that only "regime change by the people of Iran and the organized resisters" can ensure regional peace.
Israel's Friday surprise attack, Rajavi said, represents "the beginning of a critical new chapter, both in Iran's internal crisis and the broader dynamics of the region."
Smoke rises from a fire in Tehran, Iran, in this still image obtained from social media video released June 17, 2025.
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Rajavi also appeared to criticize Iranian monarchists who have rallied around opposition leader Reza Pahlavi -- the son of former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was deposed by the 1979 Iranian Revolution -- who in recent days has called on Iranians to rise up against the government in Tehran.
"An alternative cannot be imposed from above, as was done a century ago when Britain installed a monarchy by appointment," Rajavi told lawmakers on Wednesday. "Nor can it be forced on the people like the 1953 coup d'état by the United States against the nationalist government of [former Prime Minister Mohammad] Mosaddegh."
"Had there been a legitimate nationalist and democratic government, the course of Iran's history -- and indeed the fate of this region -- would have been profoundly different," she said.
"Neither the shah, nor the mullahs," Rajavi added. "The people of Iran will accept no form of dictatorship and demand freedom."
The NCRI has been recognized as the political arm of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran -- known as the MEK -- which was a leftist revolutionary organization in Iran that fought a guerrilla war against the last shah and, after the 1979 revolution, the theocratic regime.
The NCRI has notable supporters among traditional Iran hawks in the U.S., with figures including former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser John Bolton and others having spoken at their events in recent years.
The NCRI has called for the establishment of a democratic and secular republic in Iran. The MEK -- and by extension the NCRI -- were recognized as terrorist organizations by the U.S. until 2012.
