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The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Washington

US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set program back by months, Pentagon report says

Aerial photo of bombed area
Damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear technology center, in Isfahan, Iran, on 22 June 2025. Photograph: Maxar Technologies Handout/EPA

An initial classified US assessment of Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend says they did not destroy two of the sites and likely only set back the nuclear program by a few months, according to two people familiar with the report.

The report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency – the intelligence arm of the Pentagon – concluded key components of the nuclear program, including centrifuges, were capable of being restarted within months.

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