Overview

• CNN’s Natasha Bertrand reported that a preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency assessment found the weekend strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan likely set Iran’s enrichment program back by months rather than obliterating it.
• President Trump denounced the report as “fake news,” demanded Bertrand’s firing and accused CNN of undermining the pilots.
• Press secretary Karoline Leavitt labeled the assessment “flat-out wrong” and said its unauthorized disclosure was intended to weaken the administration’s narrative.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed an FBI inquiry into the classified report, describing its findings as low-confidence and preliminary.
• The Israeli Atomic Energy Commission issued a conflicting statement that the strikes destroyed critical infrastructure and rendered at least one enrichment site inoperable.