{"id":1283,"date":"2025-06-25T05:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-strikes-only-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-a-few-months-leaked-intelligence-says\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:33:09","slug":"us-strikes-only-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-a-few-months-leaked-intelligence-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-strikes-only-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-a-few-months-leaked-intelligence-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US strikes only set back Iran&#8217;s nuclear program by a few months, leaked intelligence says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/616c133461c31db40f84c4fedecf779d?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&amp;cropH=2813&amp;cropW=5000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=903&amp;width=862&amp;height=485&amp;imformat=generic\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">US media reports say leaked intelligence has cast doubt on US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s assertion that Iran&rsquo;s nuclear facilities have been &ldquo;obliterated&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A preliminary assessment reportedly found the weekend strikes only set back the country&rsquo;s nuclear program by a few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Details of the report, by the Pentagon&rsquo;s intelligence arm, were provided to CNN and The New York Times. The White House criticised the assessment as &ldquo;flat-out wrong&rdquo; and said it had been leaked by a &ldquo;low-level loser&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"live blog teaser\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/105418386\">\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li>Iran-Israel war live updates: Netanyahu claims &lsquo;historic win&rsquo; as ceasefire appears to hold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">According to multiple unnamed sources cited by the outlets, the assessment also found:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li>The bombings sealed off the entrances to two of the three targeted facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings<\/li>\n<li>Iran&rsquo;s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. Some of it may have been moved to secret nuclear sites<\/li>\n<li>The strikes were estimated to have delayed the nuclear program by less than six months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Defense Intelligence Agency assessment was preliminary and a clear picture was yet to form, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105457128\" readability=\"3.9644012944984\">\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Trump&rsquo;s f-bomb is one missile that could sway Benjamin Netanyahu<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">In his first comments since the alleged ceasefire between Israel and Iran was announced, the US President let rip, and Israel&rsquo;s PM heard him loud and clear.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Trump rejected the reports and said both CNN and The New York Times were trying to &ldquo;demean one of the most successful military strikes in history&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&ldquo;The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed,&rdquo; he wrote on Truth Social, hours after the reports emerged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the assessment was: &ldquo;Flat-out wrong and was classified as &lsquo;top secret&rsquo; but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&ldquo;The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program,&rdquo; she said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&ldquo;Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">UN envoy says strikes aimed to &lsquo;degrade&rsquo; nuclear capacity<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The US bombings, dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, targeted Iran&rsquo;s three main nuclear sites &mdash; Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The latter, a heavily fortified uranium-enrichment facility built beneath a mountain, was targeted by 13,000kg &ldquo;bunker-buster&rdquo; bombs &mdash; the weapons considered most likely to reach it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">After the strikes, Mr Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the targets were &ldquo;obliterated&rdquo;. General Dan Caine, the US&rsquo;s top-ranking military officer, said initial indications were &ldquo;all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction&rdquo;, but full assessments would take time.<\/p>\n<p><span data-component=\"Loading\" data-print=\"inline-media\" class=\"Loading_loading__21MZU VideoMiddleware_loading__aGBo3\"><span class=\"Loading_spinner__zmkAw Loading_spinnerSize32__Z_XId Loading_spinnerColourBrand__CqEIF\"><\/span><span class=\"Loading_label__cTH1q\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\">Loading&hellip;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Trump has been critical of media coverage questioning the effectiveness of the strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&ldquo;Those pilots hit their targets, those targets were obliterated and the pilots should be given credit,&rdquo; he said earlier on Tuesday, local time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&ldquo;These cable networks are real losers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">At a United Nations Security Council meeting on the same day, acting US envoy to the UN Dorothy Shea said the strikes on Iran&rsquo;s nuclear facilities &ldquo;effectively fulfilled our narrow objective: to degrade Iran&rsquo;s capacity to produce a nuclear weapon&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&ldquo;These strikes &mdash; in accordance with the inherent right to collective self-defence, consistent with the UN Charter &mdash; aimed to mitigate the threat posed by Iran to Israel, the region and to, more broadly, international peace and security,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"iran israel related stories\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/105453062\">\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Read more about the Iran-Israel war:<\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>US strikes only set back Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program by a few months, leaked intelligence says<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US media reports say leaked intelligence has cast doubt on US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s assertion that Iran&rsquo;s nuclear facilities have been &ldquo;obliterated&rdquo;. A preliminary assessment reportedly found the weekend strikes only set back the country&rsquo;s nuclear program by a few months. Details of the report, by the Pentagon&rsquo;s intelligence arm, were provided to CNN and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-strikes-only-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-a-few-months-leaked-intelligence-says\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;US strikes only set back Iran&#8217;s nuclear program by a few months, leaked intelligence says&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}