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26-06-2025
A U.S. intelligence summary issued on the day of President Trump's airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities assessed that Iran could build a nuclear device in 3 to 8 months if it chose to, but there was no indication it had decided to do so. The report found Iran had discussed storing highly enriched uranium in public parking lots to avoid destruction and had increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium. U.S. officials have long said Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and the intelligence community assessed in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. The airstrikes targeted two uranium enrichment facilities and a nuclear research site, with the Pentagon saying the sites sustained "extremely severe damage and destruction."
26-06-2025
An initial classified assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency found that US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities set back Tehran's nuclear program by a matter of months. The assessment, based on satellite imagery and signals intelligence, indicated that the entrances to two nuclear enrichment facilities were sealed off and that some of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile was moved before the strikes. The US dropped 30,000-pound bombs on the Fordo uranium enrichment facility, but the site's underground enrichment infrastructure remains largely intact. The assessment's findings contradict President Trump's claims that the strikes "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program, with Trump saying it was set back "basically decades."
26-06-2025
A leaked "low-confidence" intelligence assessment suggests that a recent US strike on Iran's uranium-enrichment facilities, referred to as "Operation Midnight Hammer", may have only set back Iran's nuclear programme by months, rather than dealing a decisive blow, casting doubt on President Trump's assumption that a single military strike could lead to a quick and lasting resolution.
26-06-2025
Fresh satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows significant damage at three of Iran's key nuclear sites, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, after U.S. B-2 stealth bombers conducted strikes ordered by President Donald Trump. The images reveal multiple craters and destruction at the sites, including at the heavily fortified Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility, and at tunnel entrances associated with Iran's underground enrichment infrastructure. American officials say Iran's nuclear program has been severely set back, and Trump has claimed a "very successful" mission. The images also documented separate airstrike damage in Tehran, showing widespread destruction near Tehran's Shahid Rajaee University.
