Overview

• President Trump publicly contradicted Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, insisting Iran could develop a bomb within weeks or months despite her contrary findings.
• In her March testimony, Gabbard told Congress that intelligence shows Tehran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon and that Supreme Leader Khamenei has not reauthorized a weapons program suspended in 2003.
• Gabbard highlighted that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile has reached its highest level ever recorded for a non-nuclear-weapon state, yet there is no evidence of an active bomb effort.
• General Erik Kurilla testified that Iran could produce enough fissile material for ten weapons in three weeks, and the White House press secretary warned Tehran could assemble a bomb in a matter of weeks.
• US Strategic Command has deployed B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia, reflecting heightened military readiness against a nuclear Iran and echoing similar warnings from Israel’s prime minister.