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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell

Trump rejected more Iran strikes after minimal damage to nuclear sites in first wave, new report says

President Donald Trump rejected a plan for further, more comprehensive U.S. military strikes intended to “truly decimate” Iran’s nuclear facilities, a new report states.

The president reportedly halted the new wave of airstrikes after the release of an assessment that found two of the three sites targeted in last month’s cruise-missile and bunker-buster bombs attack sustained only minimal damage, according to five current and former officials cited by NBC News.

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