The initial report was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s main intelligence arm and one of 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, said two of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss classified matters.
Trump’s administration on Tuesday told the U.N Security Council that its weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities had “degraded” Iran’s nuclear program, short of Trump’s earlier assertion that the facilities had been “obliterated.”
“Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration,“ she said.
Hegseth on Sunday said that the strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear ambitions, while Trump said Iran’s crucial nuclear sites had been “completely and fully obliterated.”
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. did not know the extent of the damage yet.
One of the sources said Iran’s enriched uranium stocks had not been eliminated, and in fact the country’s nuclear program may have been set back only a month or two.
“Based on everything we have seen — and I’ve seen it all — our bombing campaign obliterated Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons,“ Hegseth said in a statement provided to Reuters.
Initial military assessments can change as more information comes to light and it is not uncommon for opinions to vary across different U.S. intelligence agencies.
“There’s zero evidence that I’ve seen that the nuclear program was completely and totally obliterated as Donald Trump has claimed,“ House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Monday.
Classified briefings on the matter for members of the House of Representatives and Senate were canceled on Tuesday.
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