{"id":111683,"date":"2026-05-13T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/111683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:20:14","slug":"iran-retains-significant-missile-capacity-contrary-to-trump-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/111683\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran ‘retains significant missile capacity’ contrary to Trump claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classified U.S. intelligence assessments show Iran still has significant missile capabilities despite repeated claims by the Trump administration that its military has been “shattered,” according to a report published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The New York Times reported that intelligence findings from early May show Iran has regained operational access to most of its missile sites, including 30 of the 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Citing people familiar with the assessments, the newspaper said Iran still possesses roughly 70% of its prewar missile stockpile and mobile launchers.<\/p>\n

The assessments also found that nearly 90% of Iran\u2019s underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide are now “partially or fully operational.”<\/p>\n

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales was quoted as saying that Iran’s government knows that its “current reality is not sustainable” and that anyone who “thinks Iran has reconstituted its military is either delusional or a mouthpiece” for Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n

Regional tensions have escalated since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran<\/a> on Feb. 28, triggering retaliation from Tehran against Israel as well as U.S. allies in the Gulf, along with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

A two-week cease-fire<\/a> took effect on April 8 through Pakistani mediation<\/a>, but subsequent talks in Islamabad failed to produce a lasting agreement. The truce was later extended indefinitely by Trump. Since then, Pakistan has been working to revive the stalled diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Trump rejected Iran’s latest response to a U.S. proposal to permanently end the war, calling it “totally unacceptable.”<\/p>\n

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