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A new U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months by U.S. strikes, according to two people familiar with the early assessment who were not authorized to address the report publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The assessment contradicts U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements that Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and fully obliterated” after the strikes. According to the people, the report issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency on Monday found that although Iran’s nuclear sites sustained significant damage, at least some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was moved prior to the strikes and survived, and Iran’s centrifuges were largely left intact.
Trump’s special Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said the U.S. airstrikes achieved their objectives and the White House called the assessment “flat-out wrong.”
What to know:
Terms of the ceasefire still unknown: Trump claimed a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was “in effect” on Tuesday, and while both Iran and Israel have acknowledged the shaky ceasefire, no details have emerged about the terms of the deal or what concessions either side may have made.Trump lashes out: After Israel claimed that Iran launched missiles into its airspace after the truce was supposed to take effect, which Iran denied, Trump used an expletive to hammer home his frustration at both nations as he spoke to reporters at the White House. He said he was “not happy” with Israel, adding that the two countries have fought “for so long and so hard” that they do not know what to do.Casualties: Israel’s emergency services claimed that 28 people in Israel were killed during the 12-day war. The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists said at least 974 people in Iran have been killed.How we got here: Israel launched a surprise barrage of attacks on sites in Iran on June 13, which officials said were necessary to head off an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs. The two nations volleyed strikes for several days. The U.S. military struck Iran’s nuclear sites June 22, dismissing assessments from Trump’s own intelligence agents that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.