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Intelligence Disputes Trump’s Claim of Iran Nuclear ‘Obliteration’ After US-Israeli Airstrikes

A preliminary Pentagon assessment suggests Tehran’s nuclear program was delayed only months after the June airstrikes

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This satellite image shows the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran on June 24, 2025. The image shows new damage to the facility caused by June 23 strikes, including craters along the access roads that lead to the tunnel entrances and the Fordow underground complex. Multiple craters are visible at several of the tunnel openings and several buildings along the northeastern perimeter road have been destroyed. An additional crater is seen in the middle of the access road to the northwest of the facility.
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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof on the sidelines of a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Overview

  • A US-brokered ceasefire between Iran and Israel remains in effect as diplomats work to confirm the extent of the damage and curb Iran’s nuclear revival.
  • A leaked Defense Intelligence Agency report finds strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan set back Iran’s program by merely months, contradicting President Trump’s assertion of total destruction.
  • The assessment reveals Iran moved a large share of its 60 percent enriched uranium to secret underground sites before the bunker-buster attacks.
  • The White House has rejected the leaked findings as “flat-out wrong,” insisting that massive bombs “obliterated” the nuclear facilities.
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency cannot verify underground damage or locate Iran’s 400 kg enriched uranium stockpile after Tehran suspended IAEA cooperation.