Operation Midnight Hammer

Operation Midnight Hammer is the designated codename for the US strike on Iran on June 21, 2025.

The operation saw US forces strategically target multiple key nuclear sites throughout Iran, including the Fordow nuclear facility, which was struck with bunker buster bombs.

WATCH: Tucker Carlson announces upcoming interview with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian

Tucker Carlson announced that he did the interview despite the expected backlash so that the American people have access "to all of the information they can gather about matters that affect them."

 Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and American political commentator Tucker Carlson.
 AN IRANIAN missile attack is intercepted, as seen in the skies of northern Israel last week. Iran managed to fire about 600 missiles at Israel in 18 barrages, but 87% were intercepted by Israeli and other defensive systems, the writer notes.

The victories of Operation Rising Lion prove God protects his chosen people - opinion

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Iran, US seek to resume back-channel efforts to restart nuclear talks, Iran's foreign ministry says

 CENTCOM Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla met with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir in Israel.

IDF, CENTCOM chiefs convene in Israel in first since end of Iran war


How DTRA's expertise aided in the strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility - explainer

DTRA played an integral role in planning the strike on Iran's heavily fortified Fordow facility, a site long suspected of being central to Iran's nuclear weapons program.

 Satellite imagery from Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility June 22, 2025.

Why world media blaming Israel for US striking Iran is scary - opinion

This narrative is very dangerous because any future Iranian retaliation against the US in which an American is harmed would likely be blamed on Israel.

 PEOPLE GATHER in front of Baghdad’s Iranian Embassy on June 24, celebrating what they say is Iran’s victory, after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

Trump’s Iran strategy aims for behavioral change, not regime collapse - opinion

The Trump administration's negotiations for a ceasefire with Iran are diplomacy built on carefully constructed illusions.

 US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One en route to the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

Netanyahu in process of negotiations with Hamas, Iran launches new special legal group

IDF strikes Gaza, southern Lebanon • Hostage families meet with Marco Rubio • Trump says Gaza ceasefire could be reached next week

 US President Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC, April 7, 2025

US strike on Iran: A look at the ripple effect on American Jewry, antisemitism, Israel ties

The US's unprecedented strike on Iran raises serious questions about rising antisemitism in the US, the precarious state of US-Israel relations, and the security of American Jewish communities.

 CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) speaks at a House Democrats news conference in Washington, DC, in May 2025.

Iran using Houthis to build more missiles and threaten global shipping, Yemeni minister claims

Yemen's information minister said that Iran's plans to relocate its military industry to Houthi territory would endanger global shipping routes.

 Houthi supporters hold weapon, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel placards and wave flags during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen, June 13, 2025.

Israel had a decisive victory in the war against Iran, now it's time for one in Gaza – opinion

Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas that will bring neither immediate hostage release nor long-term security to Israel, nor real relief to Palestinians.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz attend a meeting of the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas, the writer argues.

Netanyahu interested in meeting Trump in coming weeks, sources tell 'Post'

Regarding hostage negotiations, the Post reported that the idea of exiling senior Hamas officials and other terrorists from Gaza has recently resurfaced in discussions.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office last month.

Israel won the war, Iran lost it: Here's why the world is much safer for it – opinion

Operation Rising Lion exposed and humiliated the Islamic Republic, leaving the world a much safer place.

 Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on a Tehran oil refinery, on June 15, 2025.

Trump 'destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities' in Operation Midnight Hammer, Hegseth says

The Pentagon held a news conference to directly respond to a US Defense Intelligence Agency report that suggested that Iran's nuclear program was only set back a few months.

 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon, after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, during the Israel-Iran conflict, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 22, 2025

Send a clear message to Tehran: The proxy warfare must end - opinion

Jerusalem and Washington must send an unequivocal message to Tehran that the era of proxy warfare is over and that attacks by proxies will be met with retaliation against Iran.

 PROTESTERS, MOSTLY Houthi supporters, sit along an Iranian flag at a demonstration in support of Palestinians and Iran, in Sanaa last week. Aggression by proxies such as the Houthis must be treated as direct Iranian attacks, says the writer.