According to an NBC News report, U.S. military forces had completed preparations for a strike on Iran, with Navy ships pre-positioning munitions. The Kharg Island — publicly threatened by President Trump — was not among the approved targets. The decision to cancel the operation was made after a White House meeting that included the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, following which Trump announced a deal had been reached and the military action was halted, declaring: 'The war with Iran is ended today.'
NBC News reports that U.S. military forces had completed operational readiness for a strike on Iran, with Navy ships pre-positioning munitions, and that Kharg Island — the strategic oil terminal publicly threatened by President Trump — was not among the approved targets. The decision to halt the operation followed a White House meeting that included Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown Jr., after which Trump announced a deal had been reached and declared: 'The war with Iran is ended today.' This is the first on-the-record confirmation of the military posture behind the canceled operation and of the specific exclusion of Kharg Island from the target set.
The thread began with NBC reporting at 02:01 Jerusalem that the U.S. military was approximately three hours from launching a strike when Trump announced a deal. By 02:01 Jerusalem, the desk reported the deal framework included reopening the Strait of Hormuz and an Iranian commitment against nuclear armament, with regional leaders having persuaded Trump to cancel the strikes. At 02:01 Jerusalem, the timeline was clarified: the three-hour window applied to the U.S. military. The earlier NBC sourcing was a single-channel report; subsequent updates added Politico's sourcing on regional leader involvement, and by 07:02 Jerusalem Trump declared the war ended, with Iran responding that no final agreement had been reached. The 08:35 Jerusalem bulletin confirmed a signing ceremony in Europe was imminent. The current NBC report adds confirmed military readiness and target-set details, moving the thread from diplomatic reporting to operational confirmation.
As The Zioneer reported on Jun 11 at 21:33 Jerusalem, Trump canceled the night's strikes on Iran. That cancellation followed a period of escalating threats: on Jun 10 at 19:49 Jerusalem Trump declared an end to the ceasefire and vowed 'very heavy' strikes; at 19:56 Jerusalem the desk reported Iran's Revolutionary Guards preparing missile batteries. On Jun 9 at 17:16 Jerusalem, Trump had claimed Iran requested a halt to strikes — a claim Iranian state media dismissed as a 'complete lie' — while the Pentagon denied a warship had been hit. The current NBC report provides the first operational detail confirming a large-scale strike was fully ready for execution before the diplomatic pivot.
The NBC report is attributed to unnamed American officials. No U.S. official has formally confirmed the operational details on the record. It remains unverified whether the exclusion of Kharg Island reflects military advice, political calculation, or other factors.
4 developments
- DevelopingTrump Cancels Planned Iran Strikes as Geneva Agreement Framework Advances
- ConfirmedTrump claims Iran asked him to stop bombing, Pentagon denies any US warship hit
- StrongAnalysis: Strategic logic of a potential US seizure of Iran's Kharg Island
- StrongFars News cites source: Iran was ready to strike, canceled after US offered concessions including lifting blockade
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