• Classified briefing: The US House of Representatives will receive a classified briefing on Iran today. It comes as the Trump administration is projecting confidence in the success of last weekend’s strikes in Iran, but has not provided new intelligence supporting President Donald Trump’s claim that its nuclear program was “obliterated.”

• Effort to revive talks: Tehran has no plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the US, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday. Meanwhile, sources tell CNN the Trump administration is engaged in secret diplomatic efforts to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table.

• New details: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said it was clear the US strikes “would neutralize the surrounding infrastructure,” but wouldn’t eliminate Iran’s nuclear material. Separately, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed that Iran attempted to cover the shafts of its nuclear facilities with concrete ahead of the attack.

Qom is considered Iran’s holy city – home to its largest and most famous Shia seminary, where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei once studied.

The surrounding Qom province is also where the Fordow nuclear site is located, deep in the mountains – one of the three nuclear facilities targeted by US strikes last weekend.