{"id":1101,"date":"2025-06-25T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:31:42","slug":"white-house-pushes-israeli-assessment-of-damage-to-irans-nuclear-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/white-house-pushes-israeli-assessment-of-damage-to-irans-nuclear-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"White House pushes Israeli assessment of damage to Iran\u2019s nuclear sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House on Wednesday pushed the Israeli assessment of the U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, as part of its ongoing effort<\/a> to argue that the hits destroyed Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

The White House asked the press pool traveling with the president to send out the statement on behalf of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, just after President Trump publicly hit back at reporting<\/a> that Iran\u2019s nuclear program was only set back a matter of months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site\u2019s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. We assess that the American strikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other elements of Iran\u2019s military nuclear program, has set back Iran\u2019s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years,\u201d the commission statement said.<\/p>\n

It added, \u201cThis achievement can continue indefinitely if Iran does not get access to nuclear material.\u201d<\/p>\n

The administration\u2019s own internal assessment found Saturday\u2019s strikes of the three facilities delayed Iran\u2019s nuclear program by only a few months, despite initial assertions from Trump administration officials that those sites had been destroyed. The report also said Iran had moved much of its enriched uranium before the strikes, according to multiple outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump, while speaking at the NATO Summit in The Hague, called media outlets that reported on the internal assessment, including CNN, The New York Times and NBC, \u201cscum\u201d and insisted the U.S. attack led to \u201ctotal obliteration\u201d of Iran\u2019s nuclear sites.<\/p>\n

Other top officials also pushed back, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said an investigation was underway into leaks of a preliminary classified report, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who told Politico<\/a> that \u201cvery significant, substantial damage was done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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