By Isabella Torregiani
4:18pm PDT, Jun 25, 2025
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President
Donald Trump's assessment of the damage caused by recent U.S. airstrikes in Iran may not be entirely accurate. On Saturday, June 21, the U.S. launched strikes targeting Iran's nuclear facilities. Trump quickly labeled the mission a success — but leaked documents suggest otherwise.
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While the U.S. military targeted three nuclear sites in Iran, a new report from the Defense Intelligence Agency reveals that core components of the facilities survived the strikes. According to
CNN sources, the findings are "based on a battle assessment conducted by the U.S. Central Command." The analysis indicates that the strikes may have only delayed Iran's nuclear program by a few months, according to seven individuals briefed on the intel.
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This assessment contradicts President Donald Trump's statement that the strikes "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's enrichment facilities. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth echoed the president, claiming on Sunday, June 22, that Iran's nuclear plans "have been obliterated." However, two people familiar with the intelligence say Iran's enriched uranium was not destroyed in the attack.
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One source noted that most of Iran's centrifuges remained "largely intact," while another said the enriched uranium had likely been moved prior to the strikes. "So the (DIA) assessment is that the U.S. set them back maybe a few months, tops," the insider said. The White House was briefed on the report but rejected its findings. "This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong and was classified as 'top secret' but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
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President Donald Trump, who is currently attending the NATO summit in the Netherlands, disputed CNN's reporting: "One of the most successful military strikes in history," he wrote on
Truth Social. "The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed!" Also speaking from the summit, Pete Hegseth downplayed the leaked report, calling it "a top secret report; it was preliminary; it was low confidence."
