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Only 1 of 3 Iran Nuclear Sites ‘Mostly Destroyed’ By U.S. Military Strikes
A new U.S. intelligence assessment, reported by NBC News, contradicts President Trump’s claims that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “obliterated” in the recent American strikes. -According to the report,
Hammer included seven B-2 Spirit bombers, 125 total aircraft and more than 75 precision-guided weapons, the Joint Chiefs chairman said.
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Opinion - Iran’s nuclear phoenix is rising
Iran Watch ominously warns that “20 percent enriched uranium is approximately 90% of the way to weapon-grade and Iran’s stockpile would be sufficient to fuel at least two implosion weapons.” Plus, if further enriched, eventually Khamenei’s 5% stockpile could be used to “fuel at least 10 implosion weapons.”
Experts tell Fox News Digital the strikes created a significant disruption to Iran's nuclear program, even as the damage has yet to be fully assessed.
The heads of two key American intelligence agencies issued statements Wednesday on what they said was "new" intelligence on the damage resulting from the recent U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, each noting the Iranian program was likely to have been set back by "years."
Strikes on Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan and elsewhere pose little regional radiation risk but could release plumes of toxic chemicals, experts say.
The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general told senators during a briefing on Thursday.
"The delegation will come to Iran to discuss the modality, not to go to the (nuclear) sites," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister told reporters. Iran has agreed to allow a technical team from the UN nuclear watchdog to visit in the coming weeks to discuss relations between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Tehran,