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Now it appears it may not have. Acc/to a still #classified assessment by the #Defense #Intelligence Agency, the #bombs did not "obliterate" #Iran's #Fordow enrichment site as #Trump initially claimed. Instead, the strike did only limited damage to the advanced centrifuges kept there. At most, the program was set back "a few months," acc/to a US ofcl who confirmed the assessment's existence to NPR but remained anonymous because they were not authorized to speak to press.

Disgusting & insensitive

Comparing #US #Iran strike to #Hiroshima, #Trump plays down #intelligence report

"I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing,” Trump said of the US bombing of the Iran #nuclear facilities.

#geopolitics #NATO
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-intelligence-iran-was-inconclusive-suggests-severe-damage-2025-06-25/

…the #Defense #Intelligence Agency report indicates that the sites were not damaged as much as some #Trump admin officials had hoped, & that #Iran retains control of almost all of its #nuclear material, meaning if it decides to make a nuclear weapon it might still be able to do so relatively quickly.

Officials interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity because the findings of the report remain classified.

The early findings conclude that the strikes over the weekend set back Iran’s #nuclear program by only a few months, the officials said.

Before the attack, #US #intelligence agencies had said that if #Iran tried to rush to making a bomb, it would take about 3 months. After the US bombing run & days of attacks by the #Israel Air Force, the report by the #Defense Intelligence Agency estimated that the program was delayed less than 6 months.

The #Trump admin has STILL NOT briefed the “Gang of Eight” congressional leaders & #intelligence committee leaders on the #Iran strikes, #Democratic leader #HakeemJeffries said, adding that he has requested a briefing repeatedly since Saturday. “There’s zero evidence that I’ve seen that the #nuclear program was completely & *totally obliterated*, as Donald Trump has claimed,” he said.

"I would just simply say that the president's made it very clear he's looked at all of this - all of the intelligence, all the information - & come to the conclusion that the Iranian #nuclear program is a threat," #Hegseth said.

Appearing on Meet the Press on Sunday, #JDVance was asked whether #Trump had moved to attack #Iran based on #US #intelligence or rather intel provided by #Israel, which has been attacking Iranian nuclear & military sites, officials, & scientists since June 13.

…Across the federal government, senior officials & policymakers aren't pretending that #Trump's claims of an imminent #nuclear threat are built on anything but vibes, whether intentionally manufactured or not.

During a press conference Sunday morning, Defense Secy #PeteHegseth was asked whether the US had new #intelligence suggesting #Iran had been attempting to build nuclear weapons.

"There is no intel," said one of the ofcls…."The president is *protecting* the United States & our interests, [but] the intelligence assessments have not really changed from what they were before."

Sen #ChrisMurphy, who sits on the #ForeignRelations Cmte, confirmed…American #intelligence assessments on #Iran have not changed. "I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon."