President Trump is inconsistent with the Pentagon’s report on Iran’s damages
President Donald Trump has pushed back reports showing that the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is not as successful as originally claimed.
WASHINGTON – According to US officials who have been described as the initial assessment of the Defense Intelligence Reporting Agency, core elements of Iran’s nuclear program are likely to remain intact after the US attack on June 21.
President Donald Trump and his administration members questioned the conclusions of the report, saying Iran’s nuclear program was “abstracted” by air strikes.
The report was based on intercepted communications and other sources 96 hours after the US attack, in which the US Air Force B-2 bombers dropped the world’s most powerful traditional weapons.
Sources discussing the findings of the report on the condition of anonymity said that the US attacks, including submarine-launched cruise missiles, caused significant damage to surface infrastructure. What’s less certain is the amount of damage done to Iran’s deeply buried nuclear facilities.
However, sources show that its centrifuge and enriched uranium, which are part of Iran’s nuclear program, remain intact. The attack retreated Iran’s quest to create a nuclear weapon for six to 12 months, sources said.
In a statement, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses dismissed the allegation that Iran’s nuclear program was politically motivated.
“Based on everything we saw and I’ve seen it all – our bombing campaign has wiped out Iran’s ability to make nuclear weapons,” Hegus said. “Our massive bombs hit the right spot exactly on each target. They worked perfectly. The effects of these bombs are buried beneath a pile of Iranian tile rubs. So anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the president and their successful mission.”
CNN was the first to report the findings of the Pentagon Intelligence Bureau’s report.
The bomb collided with two important Iranian nuclear facilities (Fodaw and Natanz) on June 21st. The third facility, Isfahan, was struck by a Tomahawk missile that was fired from a US Navy submarine. He said it takes a little time to assess the damage.
Trump rejected the findings of the assessment in comments at the NATO summit in the Netherlands on June 25th, comparing the effects of strikes on the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.
“It was destroyed,” he said of Iran’s nuclear program.
Hegseth said he was “low confidence” in the assessment produced by the Pentagon’s intelligence agency. However, the formula that outlined the report said only a portion of the report was labelled as low confidence.
“Iran’s nuclear program has been wiped out, so if you want to assess what happened at Fordor, you’ll get a big shovel and get really deep,” he said.
Some experts have objected to the Pentagon’s evaluation
Some researchers and experts have challenged the conclusion of the information assessment that Iran’s nuclear program is largely intact.
David Albright, president and founder of the Institute of Science and International Security, said in a social media post that the DIA report was “unbelievable.”
According to a report from the Institute, “destroyed or destroyed” after the US strike, Natantz will likely be destroyed and knocked out of the manipulation. In Isfahan, a major uranium conversion facility was “severely damaged” and the tunnel entrances collapsed, the report found.
Trump also pushed aside concerns expressed by nuclear personnel and experts about whether Iran was able to move nuclear equipment in advance, and what happened to the rich uranium accumulated deep underground.
“I don’t think we were able to move, pounding them very hard and fast,” he said.
Israeli forces said on June 23 that they bombed the route to the Fordau facility to prevent Iran from removing material.
Trump won the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, ending a 12-day traded air attack between the two countries. “I think we’re done,” he said at the NATO summit.
