Overview

• A White House social media account posted an edited clip of Gabbard’s March Senate testimony that omits her line that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.
• In the unedited testimony, Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee that U.S. intelligence assessed Tehran lacks an active bomb program and that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had not approved weapon development.
• The manipulated edit changes the context to imply she warned of imminent Iranian nuclear weapons capability.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency reports Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile is at its highest level, intensifying global concern over its nuclear ambitions.
• The controversy comes as the U.S. moves B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia to reinforce deterrence during heightened U.S.-Iran tensions.