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       Tehran, this week.Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

       Trump announced a meeting with Iran

       President Trump said yesterday that he would speak with Iran “next week,” as the cease-fire between it and Israel entered a second day. It was unclear what format the discussions would take or if they would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program.

       Trump told reporters at a NATO conference that he didn’t “think it was necessary” for the talks to produce an agreement with Iran, presumably to give up its nuclear ambitions. Here’s the latest.

       Trump also railed against the findings of a preliminary U.S. intelligence report that was released on Tuesday, which said that America’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities had set the country’s ambitions back by only a matter of months.

       Trump repeated that the attacks had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio fleshed out Trump’s case with more detail. Rubio said that a “conversion facility” — which is crucial for converting nuclear fuel into the form needed to produce a nuclear weapon — had been destroyed. Israel also released a statement supporting Trump’s claims.

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       Satellite photographs show extensive destruction, but it won’t be possible to know what it will take to rebuild, on the site or elsewhere, until international nuclear inspectors are allowed there.

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