The US military attacks, President Donald Trump ordered that Iran’s nuclear facilities do not completely destroy the country’s nuclear program and probably delayed it only for months, according to two people familiar with an early intelligence evaluation.
The initial report, which is highly classified, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency and the United States Central Command.
The sources say that the United States believes based on early intelligence that significant damage was done, but mainly to the soil structures.
President Donald Trump talks to journalists about the conflict in Israel-Iran, aboard Air Force One, on June 24, 2025, while traveling to attend the Summit of Heads of State and Government of NATO in The Netherlands in the Netherlands.
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According to sources, enriched uranium was not destroyed and centrifuging are largely intact.
The findings disagree with President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisting that Iran’s nuclear program had been “erased.”
In his most recent comments on Tuesday morning, Trump told reporters: “I think it has been completely demolished.”
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view close to the holes and craters on a crest in Fordo Enriqument facility in Iran after the US strikes. UU. On June 22, 2025.
Satellite image 2025 Maxar Technologies
When asked to comment on Tuesday, Hegseth stayed with his own evaluation of the damage caused based on the intelligence he has seen.
“Based on everything we have seen, and I have seen everything, our bombing campaign erased Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons,” he said in a statement provided to journalists.
The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, on June 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
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“Our massive bombs hit exactly the right place in each objective, and worked perfectly. The impact of these bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran; so anyone who says that the bombs were not devastating is only trying to undermine the president and the successful mission,” he added.
CNN First reported The evaluation, which could change as more information about the attack is collected.
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage to the enrichment installation of Fordo in Iran after US attacks on June 22, 2025.
Satellite image 2025 Maxar Technologies
The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, also played the finding, claiming that CNN was leaked by a “low -level loser.”
“This evaluation and filtration is a clear attempt to degrade President Trump, and discredit the brave combat pilots who made a perfectly executed mission to erase Iran’s nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen bombs of 30,000 pounds perfectly in their objectives: total obliteration,” he wrote in a statement.
Mary Bruce and Selina Wang of ABC News contributed to this report.
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