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Evening Brief: Iranian Parliament Votes in Favor of Closing Strait of Hormuz, Latest Assessment of Damage to Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Suicide Bombing in Damascus Church

As U.S. bunker-busters hammer Iran’s nuclear sites and Tehran threatens to choke off the Strait of Hormuz, a deadly suicide bombing at a Damascus church shows just how fast the fuse is burning across the Middle East. Welcome to Sunday, June 22nd, 2025. This is SOFREP’s Evening Brief.

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Operation Midnight Hammer: The Night We Pummeled Iran’s Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant

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When Iran says 'Death to America,' they mean Trump by name—and he answered with bunker-busting punctuation.

Trump’s Iran Strike: Why America Had to Hit Hard and What Comes Next for the Terror Regime

You don’t build nuclear bunkers for TED Talks—Trump knew it, Tehran knew it, and now the crater where a centrifuge used to be says the quiet part out loud.

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President Trump delivers a defiant address after unleashing bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear sites, marking the sharpest flashpoint yet in a rapidly widening Middle East conflict. Image Credit: EURACTIV

Morning Brief: US Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites, Iranian Reaction to the Bombings, Israel and Iran Exchange Missile Fire

After the U.S. dropped bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran fired off missile barrages at Israel, kicking off a brutal exchange that’s drawn in Washington, rattled the region, and made clear this fight is only getting hotter. Welcome to Sunday, June 22, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

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Behind the staged calm of the Supreme Leader’s portrait lies a regime scrambling underground, hunted from above and planning for the day its top man might not walk out alive. Image Credit: Reuters

Evening Brief: Khamenei Plans for the Possibility of His Assassination, Pakistan To Nominate Trump for Peace Prize

As Khamenei retreats to a bunker, Israel picks off his generals one by one, Trump lands a Nobel nod from Pakistan for stopping a nuclear standoff, and U.S. B-2s loaded with bunker busters are quietly headed for Guam—because nothing says peace quite like preparing for war. Welcome to your Saturday Evening Brief for June 21, 2025.

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Young Ukrainian drone pilots from the 93rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army. June, 2025 Image Credit: Maria Senovilla / EPA

Meanwhile, in Ukraine: Musings From Day 1,213 of the War

While the world’s eyes are fixed on the Middle East, Ukraine is slugging it out in a no-holds-barred brawl with Russia, trading drones, artillery, and defiance in a fight that’s shaping the future far beyond its borders.

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Relentless determination on the sands: Navy SEAL candidates push through the pain, forging their mental and physical strength in BUD/S training.

Worse than Hell Week. Navy SEAL Brandon Webb Shares a Training Story

The following is an event that happened leading up to Hell Week. It was one of those life moments where we have a choice to make.

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SOFREP Saturday Cartoon: No Sympathy for the Devil

Iran’s generals are dropping faster than bar tabs at a Navy port call, and even the Devil’s starting to lose track.

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Cracks are spreading from Tehran to Tel Aviv as oil, ideology, and escalation fuel a fire the world can’t afford to ignore. Image Credit: The Nation

Morning Brief: Israel, Iran Launch New Round of Attacks, Gabbard Changes Her Tune, Vance Says Troops Stay in LA

As Israeli missiles pound Iran’s nuclear sites, Tulsi Gabbard scrambles to clarify shifting intel on Tehran’s bomb ambitions, while JD Vance digs in on keeping troops in L.A.—arguing that from the Middle East to California, failed leadership demands federal muscle. Welcome to Saturday, June 21st, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

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Evening Brief: Iran to Hold Crisis Talks with Europe as Trump Mulls Military Strike, US Aircraft Withdrawn from Qatar Base

Iran eyes EU talks as Trump weighs strike, Houthis threaten more attacks, Russia hits Ukraine, and China faces US-led drills at sea.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains the unshakable face of a regime under growing international pressure and shadow warfare.

Trump’s Iran War Gamble: What The Next Two Weeks Look Like

Trump’s not looking to invade Iran—he’s watching it unravel, poker-faced behind sanctions and stealth strikes, daring the mullahs to blink again while Israel warms up the bunker busters.

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