[UPDATE-DAY #65] Trump Says US Munitions at Record Levels as Israel Strikes Tehran, Beirut

Day #65 – In Brief

• US eyeing option of providing protection to ships in Strait of Hormuz
• Iranian media said US and Israeli strikes hit the Assembly of Experts in Qom and Tehran, with unconfirmed reports that a session to choose the next supreme leader was targeted.
• Israeli strike in Tehran targeted IRGC Quds Force commander Davoud Alizadeh, the Times of Israel reported, citing defense sources.
• President Donald Trump said on Monday his decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon “three years ago,” calling the agreement “the most dangerous transaction” ever made.
• The Israeli army targeted the Islamic Republic of Iran’s state broadcasting complex on Monday, calling it the “beating heart” of the IRGC’s propaganda and repression machinery.
• Iranian state media says Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, the wife of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has died follwing US-Israeli airstrikes.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
Check back for updates.

[UPDATE] Video shows ruins of Iran’s Expediency Council building after strikes