After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats seemed at odds over policy toward Iran as progressives demanded unified opposition before President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program. Party leaders were treading more cautiously.

The United States launched attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, June 21, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social, as the Israel-Iran war entered the second week. Trump said the U.S. had achieved a "spectacular military success" in bombing three Iranian nuclear sites on June 21.

The United States struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s war aimed at destroying the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe despite fears of a wider regional conflict.