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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, CNN reports; White House denies it
This combination of pictures created on June 14, 2025, shows a handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 14, 2025, of a closeup view the Natanz nuclear facilities near Ahmadabad in Iran, before an Israeli strike (top) and another closeup view taken on June 14, 2025, after an Israeli strike. (AFP Photo/ Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
An early US intelligence assessment indicates that the US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last week did not destroy the core components of Tehran’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, CNN reports, citing three people briefed on it.
“This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong,” CNN quoted White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying
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