We bombarded Iran's Nuke sites - but did it work? Shocking Intel says only a 2 -month setback | Today news
A preliminary US intelligence assessment concluded that the air strikes on June 21 over Iran’s nuclear facilities set back the nuclear program of Tehran with only a few months -much less than what President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, and the Minister of Defense, Pete Hegseth publicly claimed. According to three sources cited by Reuters, the report was compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon’s primary intelligence body. One source said that the program may have been delayed “only a month or two”, pointing out that Iran’s enriched uranium supplies remained intact. “The US has not yet known the extent of the damage,” one US official told the news store on condition of anonymity. Operation Midnight Hammer: Details of the strike over the weekend operation, called Operation Midnight Hammer, involved 14 GBU-57 Bunker Buster bombs dropped off by US B-2-Stealth bombers on Fordow and Natanz, along with more than two dozen Tomahawk Cruise missiles fired at Isfahan. US defense officials said the strikes are aimed at eliminating Iran’s ability to enrich uranium to weapons degree. However, there are uncertainties about whether Iran has shifted the most important uranium supplies before the assault. “Our massive bombs hit exactly the right place on every target – and worked perfectly,” Defense Minister Pete Hegseth said in a statement that Reuters made. “The impact of the bombs is buried under a mountain of debris in Iran.” “The president, without wood, knocked on Wood, with a single US casualty, wiped out the Iranian nuclear program,” Vice President JD Vance told Fox News and emphasized the success of the strike. “We’re in a place where we weren’t a week ago.” A week ago, Iran was very close to a nuclear weapon. Now Iran is unable to build a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we have destroyed it, ‘he added. “There is no evidence that I saw that the nuclear program was completely and completely eradicated,” Huis -Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday. Congress information sessions scheduled for Tuesday were suddenly canceled, which contributed to the frustration of the legislators and obtaining further questions about transparency. IAEA still has to verify the damage of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it could not verify the full extent of the damage, especially not at the deep buried Fordow site. “Right now, no one, including the IAEA, is able to fully assess the underground damage,” IAA General Rafael Grossi said on Monday. Grossi later posted on X (formerly Twitter) which he wrote to the Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to request a meeting and encourage renewed cooperation after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel. Grossi added that the cooperation of cooperation could lead to a diplomatic solution.