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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Oliver O'Connell

Hegseth says FBI probing Iran nuclear site damage report leak, confirming top secret assessment is real

The FBI has begun investigating how a preliminary intelligence assessment regarding the impact of U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites became public, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters.

Speaking to the press at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, Hegseth confirmed the top-secret report – which suggested the attack had not wiped out the Iranian nuclear program as claimed by President Donald Trump – was real but emphasized that it was a “preliminary” and “low-confidence” assessment, not a final conclusion about the damage caused.

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