Early US Intelligence Report Suggests US Strikes Only Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program By Months

ISFAHAN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY CENTER, IRAN — JUNE 22, 2025: 04 Maxar satellite image reveals multiple buildings damaged or destroyed at the Isfahan nuclear technology center after the airstrikes. Charring and roof collapses are visible across the compound. Please use: Satellite image (c) 2025 Maxar Technologies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not “completely and totally obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said. That’s according to two people familiar with the early assessment who were not authorized to address the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The report by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that while the strikes at the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites did significant damage, they were not totally destroyed. The White House strongly pushed back on the assessment, calling it “flat-out wrong.”

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