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WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – The Pentagon said Wednesday it collided with the US 10 days ago. This degraded Iran’s nuclear program for up to two years, suggesting that US military operations likely achieved its target despite much more careful initial assessments that have been leaked to the public.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell provided the numbers to reporters at a briefing, adding that the official estimate was “probably close to two years.” Parnell provided no evidence to support his assessment.
“We’ve degraded their program for a year or two. At least Intel’s rating within the (defense) division is rating that,” Parnell told the news briefing.
The US military bombers carried out a strike on June 22nd against three Iranian nuclear facilities, using more than a dozen 30,000 pounds (13,600 kg) bunkerbuster bombs and over 20 dozen Tomahawkland attack cruise missiles.
The evolving US intelligence regarding the impact of the strike is being closely monitored after President Donald Trump said Iranian programs were wiped out shortly after they happened.
Such conclusions often take more than a few weeks to the US intelligence reporting community.
“All the intelligence we saw made us believe that Iranian facilities, especially those facilities, have been completely wiped out,” Parnell said.
Over the weekend, Rafael Grossi, head of the UN Nuclear Watch Agency, said Iran could potentially raise questions about how effective a US strike to produce rich uranium in months and destroy Tehran’s nuclear program.
Several experts also warn that Iran can move and hide stockpiles of highly enriched uranium from the Fordau sites, which were buried deep before the strike.
However, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses said last week he was unaware of the intelligence that suggests Iran would move highly enriched uranium and protect it from US strikes.
A preliminary assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency last week suggested that strikes could only retreat Iran’s nuclear program every few months. But Trump administration officials said the ratings were overtaken by information that showed poor confidence and that Iran’s nuclear program was severely damaged.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Arakich said the strike at the Fordau nuclear site caused serious damage.
“No one knows exactly what happened with Fordow. All we know so far is that the facility has been seriously and seriously damaged,” Araqchi said in an interview broadcast on CBS News on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Edited by Lisa Shumaker)
