{"id":311074,"date":"2025-06-25T07:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T07:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311074"},"modified":"2025-06-27T06:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T06:38:37","slug":"us-intelligence-contradicts-trump-says-irans-nuclear-sites-intact-after-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311074","title":{"rendered":"US intelligence contradicts Trump, says Iran\u2019s nuclear sites intact after attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 June 24, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>A preliminary US intelligence assessment suggests that the American airstrikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities failed to dismantle the core elements of its\u00a0nuclear program, contradicting the claims made by President Donald Trump and his aides.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The findings, compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon\u2019s primary intelligence unit, were shared with CNN by four sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The assessment report is based on a battle evaluation conducted by US Central Command (CENTCOM) in the aftermath of Sunday morning aggression, according to one of the sources quoted by the American broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>The findings contradict Trump\u2019s repeated assertions that the attacks \u201ccompletely and totally obliterated\u201d Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment capabilities, the report states.<\/p>\n<p>US Defense Secretary also echoed the claims of Trump on Sunday, saying that Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions \u201chave been obliterated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing two sources familiar with the DIA assessment, CNN reported that Iran\u2019s enriched uranium stockpile remains intact, with one of them noting that the centrifuges targeted in the attacks suffered little damage.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iran\u2019s nuclear industry too deep-rooted to be uprooted through aggression: AEOI<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LBQwA0xaMd\">https:\/\/t.co\/LBQwA0xaMd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1937602009764389088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo the [DIA] assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has acknowledged the intelligence assessment but rejected its conclusions in order to avoid further embarrassment for Trump, who made hue and cry about the attacks that experts say are in complete breach of international law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement in response to the assessment.<\/p>\n<p>In the days leading up to the US aggression, Israel had already been carrying out its own acts of aggression against Iran, which saw stiff resistance from Iranian armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>They also firmly responded to American attacks on nuclear sites with devastating missile strikes on the US-run Al-Udeid military base in Qatar on Monday, which prompted the US president to call it quits, leaving the regime with no option but to seek a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi admits that Iran was not going to make a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we reported was that we did not have any proof of a systematic effort (by Iran) to move toward a nuclear weapon&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4MKN0OqiLb\">pic.twitter.com\/4MKN0OqiLb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1935138030941073447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>US B-2 bombers, according to CNN, deployed more than a dozen of these bombs on two major targets \u2013 the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and the Natanz Enrichment Complex \u2013 yet the attacks failed to fully destroy the sites\u2019 centrifuges and enriched uranium.<\/p>\n<p>Damage across all three targeted facilities, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, was primarily limited to aboveground structures, including power systems and facilities used in converting uranium to weapons-grade metal, the CNN cited sources as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear weapons expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, \u00a0told CNN that commercial satellite imagery of the nuclear sites supports the assessment that Iran\u2019s program remains largely intact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ceasefire came without either Israel or the United States being able to destroy several key underground nuclear facilities, including near Natanz, Isfahan, and Parchin,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese facilities could serve as the basis for the rapid reconstitution of Iran\u2019s nuclear program,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New reports reveal that despite clear assessments from US intelligence that Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon, Trump rejected the findings of American spy agencies, choosing instead to believe Netanyahu\u2019s fabricated claims in a push to drag the US into war with Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5tZPTFQnoT\">pic.twitter.com\/5tZPTFQnoT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1935048046200656325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The scheduled classified briefings for both chambers of Congress on the operation were abruptly canceled on Tuesday, and the Senate\u2019s all-member briefing has been rescheduled for Thursday, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials have also dismissed the speculation about the &#8220;obliteration&#8221; of Iran&#8217;s indigenous nuclear enrichment program due to American aggression and vowed to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in remarks on Tuesday,\u00a0reiterated that the country\u2019s nuclear program will continue to expand despite acts of aggression against the peaceful nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<p>He said the country&#8217;s\u00a0nuclear industry is deeply entrenched in the\u00a0scientific and technological infrastructure and cannot be dismantled by enemies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must understand that this industry is rooted in our nation. They cannot uproot it,\u201d Kamalvandi said. \u201cGiven the capabilities and potential we possess, the growth of this industry must continue. It will not be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/06\/24\/750115\/us-intel-contradicts-trump-iran-nuclear-sites-intact-after-attacks\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon\u2019s primary intelligence reportedly claims that the recent air strikes failed to disable key components of Iran\u2019s nuclear program    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":310921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311076,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311074\/revisions\/311076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/310921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}