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Trump’s Strikes Delayed Iran’s Nuclear Program by Months, Intelligence Assessment Shows

A classified Pentagon report contradicts White House assertions by finding the airstrikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear work

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Overview

  • A preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency assessment finds June 21 airstrikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months.
  • Iran moved much of its roughly 400-kilogram stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium out of Fordow and other sites before the strikes, and U.S. officials still cannot pinpoint its location.
  • Damage assessments show the GBU-57 bunker-busters and Tomahawk missiles sealed off entryways and crippled power infrastructure without collapsing underground enrichment chambers.
  • The White House disputes the intelligence findings and labels the leaked report an attempt to undermine the precision operation.
  • Iran and Israel have exchanged further missile salvos since June 21, heightening concerns of a broader Middle East flare-up.