According to a first assessment of the US intelligence, described by three people informed in this regard, The US military attacks against three Iranian nuclear plants last weekend did not destroy the main components of the country’s nuclear program and probably only delayed the implementation of months. The evaluation, never made known previously, was developed by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the operating arm of the Pentagon for intelligence. The news, relaunched by the CNN, is based on an assessment of the damage conducted by the Central Command of the United States following the US attacks, said one of the sources.
The analysis of damage to the sites and the impact of attacks on Iran nuclear ambitions is in progress and could change with the arrival of further intelligence information. However, the first results are in contrast with the repeated statements of President Donald Trump according to which the attacks have “completely and totally annihilated” the Iranian nuclear enrichment plants. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth also declared on Sunday that the nuclear ambitions of Iran “were annihilated”.
Two of the people aware of the evaluation stated that Uranium’s stocks enriched by Iran were not destroyed. One of the people said that the centrifuges are largely “intact”. “So the evaluation is that the United States made them lose a few months to them,” added this person.
The White House denies
The rumors of the CNN on the alleged preliminary assessments of the intelligence on the attack on Iran are “completely wrong”. This was stated by the spokesman for the White House Karoline Leavitt. “The Fake News Cnn strikes again”, Leavitt. “The escape of news of this alleged evaluation is a clear attempt to diminish President Trump and discredit the courageous hunting pilots who have conducted a perfectly performed mission to annihilate the Iranian nuclear program”, adds Leavitt. (HANDLE).