Additional footage showing the destruction of Iran’s Assembly of Experts in Qom, following strikes by the Israeli Air Force.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is open to supporting groups in Iran willing to take up arms to dislodge the Islamic Regime, including Kurdish factions in Northwestern Iran, U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal, an idea that could turn Iranian factions into ground forces at least rhetorically backed by Washington.

Officials said Trump hasn’t made a final decision on the matter, including whether he would provide arms, training or intelligence support to anti-regime groups, though the President has urged the Iranian people to rise up several times, telling those in Iran to “take over your government,” adding “America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force.”

Residents report the sound of explosions over Dubai, UAE.

According to the latest data provided by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), since the start of Operation Epic Fury on Saturday, over 1,700 targets have struck across Iran, including:

- Command and Control Centers
- IRGC Joint Headquarters
- IRGC Aerospace Forces Headquarters
- Integrated Air Defense Systems
- Ballistic Missile Sites
- Iranian Navy Ships
-Iranian Navy Submarines
- Anti-ship Missile Sites
- Military Communication Capabilities

Utilizing hundreds of strike and support assets from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy, to include but are not limited to:

- B-1 Bombers
- B-2 Stealth Bombers
- B-52 Bombers
- LUCAS Drones
- Patriot Interceptor Missile Systems
- THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems
- F-15 Fighter Jets
- F-16 Fighter Jets
- F-18 Fighter Jets
- F-22 Stealth Fighters
- F-35 Stealth Fighters
- A-10 Attack Jets
- EA-18G Electronic Attack Aircraft
- Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
- Airborne Communication Relay
- P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
- RC-135 Reconaissance Aircraft
- MQ-9 Reapers
- M-142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
- Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers
- Guided-Missile Destroyers
- Counter-Drone Systems
- Refueling Tanker Aircraft
- Refueling Ships
- C-17 Globemaster Cargo Aircraft
- C-130 Cargo Aircraft

Amidst ongoing strikes on British military personnel and infrastructure in Cyprus, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dragon, will be deployed to the Middle East.

First confirmation by CENTCOM that B-52s have been used in strikes on Iran.

Reporter: “Mr. President, did Israel force your hand to launch these strikes against Iran?”

President Trump: “No. No, I might have forced their hand. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successfully. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first. And I didn't want that to happen. So, if anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand. But Israel was ready and we were ready. And we've had a very, very powerful impact because virtually everything they have has been knocked out now.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump states that he has ordered all further dealings and trade be “cut off” with Spain, after they refused to allow their airbases and other military facilities be used to support Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing strike campaign against Iran.

“Spain actually said that we can't use their bases. And that's all right. We don't want to do it. We could use their base if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is going to tell us not to use it. But we don't have to. But they were unfriendly.”

Speaking about his decision to strike Iran and how the war has so far affected oil prices, President Trump told reporters that he expects oil prices will drop once the conflict ends with Iran.

“I'll tell you what, I have never had more compliments on something I did. So, if we have a little high oil prices for a little while, but as soon as this ends, those prices are going to drop, I believe, lower than even before.”

Responding to reports from several outlets that the Pentagon’s stocks of interceptor missiles and other munitions are beginning to run low in the ongoing conflict with Iran, President Trump stated: “We have unlimited middle and upper ammunition.”

Asked about a previous statement he had made, in which he said that all the Iranian officials in the regime that he and the administration had in mind to lead Iran after the elimination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are now dead, President Trump stated:

“Most of the people we had in mind are dead. So, you know, we had some in mind from that group that is dead. And now we have another group. They may be dead also, based on reports. So I guess you have a third wave coming in. Pretty sure we're not going to know anybody. But we have - I mean, Venezuela was so incredible because we did the attack and we kept government totally intact. And we have Delcy, who's been very good.”

Clashes now being reported again between Pakistani and Afghan forces in the border regions of Khost, Afghanistan and Kurram, Pakistan. The renewal of the wider conflict, which was sparked by a Pakistani strike inside of Afghanistan, has escalated from limited clashes to reciprocal airstrikes and drone strikes, with Bagram Air base being struck by Pakistan a number of days ago.

Poland will eventually work to obtain its own nuclear weapons, as concerns grow in Europe about the United States’ commitment to extending it nuclear deterrent to protect the continent against attacks from Russia, according to reports from Bloomberg citing Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The U.S. State Department announces that it is actively working to secure military aircraft and charter flights for American citizens who wish to leave the Middle East.

According to Camilla Schick and Jim LaPorta of CBS, citing a source with knowledge of the U.S. military’s use of AI, Anthropic's Claude AI, the model recently at the center of a row between the company and the Department of War, was used during ongoing operations against Iran.

Red alerts now across Northern and Central Israel, including Tel Aviv, following rocket fire from Lebanon.

Three rockets were launched at Tel Aviv in Central Israel within the last few minutes, with two being intercepted and one falling in an open area, in the first long-range rocket attack by Hezbollah against Israel since the start of the ongoing conflict with Iran.

The Israel Defense Force has issued a statement warning all representatives of the Iranian Government to leave Lebanon in the next 24 hours or risk being targeted and killed, with IDF Spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee stating, “The IDF warns representatives of the Iranian terror regime who are still in Lebanon to leave immediately before being targeted. The IDF warns that it will not tolerate any presence of representatives of the Iranian terror regime in Lebanon and will grant regime representatives currently in Lebanon 24 hours to leave the country. After that, there will be no safe place for representatives of the Iranian regime in Lebanon, and the IDF will target them wherever they are found.”

An F-35B Lightning ll with the Royal Air Force managed to shoot down an Iranian one-way attack drone during defensive operations recently over Jordan, in the first ever operational air-to-air kill recorded by a British F-35, according to a statement and footage published by the U.K. Ministry of Defense.

The Israeli Air Force has announced that it struck the secret “Min-Zadai” compound in Northern Iran, where the Iranian terror regime operated to develop capabilities required for nuclear weapons. Within the site, a group of nuclear scientists operated secretly to develop a key component in the nuclear weapons system, with military intelligence tracking the scientists' activity, and located their new base at this site, in a manner that enabled a precise strike on the secret compound near Tehran.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage of recent strikes against Iranian one-way attack drones, including several Shahed-136s that were preparing to be launched against targets across the Middle East, at air bases in Southern Iran.