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Trump Rejects Pentagon Assessment That U.S. Strikes Failed to “Obliterate” Iran’s Nuclear Program

HeadlineJun 25, 2025

A classified report by the Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that U.S. air strikes on Iran ordered by President Trump failed to collapse Iran’s nuclear facilities buried deep underground. That’s according to three sources familiar with the report, who say the Pentagon assessed that Trump’s attacks only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months — rather than the “total obliteration” claimed by the White House. President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the DIA’s findings, but on Tuesday the Trump administration canceled Congressional briefings on the Iran attack, prompting frustration from Republicans and Democrats alike. Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley told The Washington Post, “They don’t delay briefings that have good news.”

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