Donald Trump IS caught in ANOTHER ‘untruth’…..
His chest pumping rings hallow….
Only one of Iran’s three nuclear operations units where destroyed….
The United States has assessed that only one of Iran’s three principal nuclear facilities was destroyed in U.S. strikes last month, officials and people familiar with ongoing assessments said, prompting renewed questions about President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran’s nuclear program had been “totally obliterated.”
Of the three facilities targeted in a massive nighttime bombing run, the results of the damage at the Fordow site have been the clearest to assess, according to U.S. officials and a congressional aide familiar with briefings provided to lawmakers. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers dropped 12 huge ground-penetrating bombs through ventilation shafts into the underground facility.
There are ongoing analyses of how significant the damage was at the other sites, Natanz and Isfahan, but the current indication is they were not dealt a knockout blow, according to a U.S. official familiar with the intelligence assessments.
“We definitely can’t say it was obliterated,” the official said of Iran’s nuclear program. Like others in this report, the official and the aide spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and ongoing assessments….
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U.S. and Israeli officials, and nuclear experts, agree that the strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure damaged the program considerably. But without more information, including on the fate of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, it is unclear whether and how quickly Iran could resume its march toward a bomb, if its leaders so chose.
“It seems like an unforced error on the administration’s part to spike the football and claim victory when it didn’t need to,” the aide said…..
ISW…Iran Update, July 17, 2025
A US media outlet reported on July 17 that US strikes in Iran on June 21 caused significant damage to only one of the three Iranian nuclear facilities that the United States struck.[1] CTP-ISW has previously assessed that the strikes caused significant damage to all three facilities and will likely set back Iran’s nuclear program.[2] US airstrikes targeted the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, Natanz Enrichment Complex, and Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center (ENTC).[3] NBC News reported on July 17 that the US strikes set back uranium enrichment at Fordow by up to two years but stated that “nuclear enrichment [at Natanz and the ENTC] could resume in the next several months,” citing former and current US officials familiar with a recent US damage assessment.[4] A US weapons expert stated on July 17 that Iran does not conduct uranium enrichment at the ENTC.[5]
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