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Rubio Says U.S. Strike Pushes Iran Further From Nuclear Weapon

The NATO summit interview followed a U.S. defense report estimating only months of delay in Iran’s nuclear program.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool/File Photo
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio buttons his jacket at the start of a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's State Department budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Overview

  • Rubio told Politico that the strike moved Iran significantly away from a bomb and inflicted substantial damage across multiple components of its nuclear infrastructure.
  • A preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency report found the strikes likely delayed Tehran’s nuclear efforts by only a few months.
  • President Trump maintained on Truth Social that the targeted sites were “completely destroyed” and the White House dismissed the preliminary intelligence findings as “flat-out wrong.”
  • U.S. intelligence agencies will release additional assessments in coming days, reflecting ongoing disagreement among spy services over the operation’s impact.
  • A ceasefire brokered by President Trump on June 22 remained in effect through June 25, halting the recent Israel-Iran air exchanges.