Early US intel report finds strikes set back Iran's nuclear program only by months
The U.S. military strikes President Donald Trump ordered on Iran's nuclear facilities did not completely destroy the country's nuclear program and likely set it back only by months, according to two people familiar with an early intelligence assessment.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about the Israel-Iran conflict, aboard Air Force One, June 24, 2025, while traveling to attend the NATO's Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague in the Netherlands.
The initial report, which is highly classified, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency and U.S. Central Command.
Satellite image 2025 Maxar Technologies - PHOTO: This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a close up view of holes and craters on a ridge at Fordo enrichment facility in Iran after U.S. strikes, June 22, 2025.
Sources say the U.S. believes based on early intelligence that significant damage was done but mostly to structures above ground.
According to the sources, the enriched uranium was not destroyed and centrifuges are largely intact.
The findings are at odds with President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's insistence that Iran's nuclear program had been "obliterated."
Satellite image 2025 Maxar Technologies - PHOTO: This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran after U.S. strikes, June 22, 2025.
The development was first reported by CNN.
ABC News' Mary Bruce and Selina Wang contributed to this report.
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