The Twelve-Day War, twelve months later: What will Trump do next with Iran?

Published June 12, 2026 5:30am ET



Exactly twelve months ago, the Israel Defense Forces launched a surprise attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran designed to degrade the mullahs’ fearsome nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Israel called the mission Operation Rising Lion, and it was later joined by a strike package of seven American B-2 bombers, which leveled Iran’s hardened Fordow nuclear complex in an aerial assault that the United States labeled Operation Midnight Hammer.

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