Trump pushes back after leakage report suggests that Iranian strikes had a limited influence

Donald Trump and his top officials pushed to the report on the intelligence report stating that the United States had struck in Iran for only a few months.

Speaking at the NATO summit in Hague on Wednesday, Trump said the strikes led to the “virtual obliteration of” Iran’s nuclear capabilities and postponed their atomic program “for decades”.

Defense Minister Pitt Hugset, who was also at the summit, said the Pentagon’s previous assessment was made with “low confidence” and the FBI was investigating the leak.

On Tuesday, sources familiar with the original Saturday report He told the US partner BBC CBS that the Iranian reserve of enriched uranium was not eliminated.

They added that the strikes only a few months returned the country’s nuclear program – an evaluation of the White House, quickly described as “wrong”.

According to the report, the blows on strongly fortified premises in the enrichment in Fordo and Natanz were sealed from the entrances, but were unable to destroy underground structures.

Officials familiar with the defense intelligence agency leak warned that this is an early assessment that may change because additional information will be available on the sites.

Defense intelligence agency is a Pentagon’s own agency specializing in military exploration to support operations. It collects a large amount of technical intelligence, but is different from other agencies such as the CIA.

The US has 18 special services that sometimes give conflicting reports based on their mission and knowledge. For example, the US intelligence community is still disagreed with the COVID-19 origins.

On Wednesday, sitting next to NATO chief Mark Rute, Trump initially acknowledged some uncertainty, saying that exploration on the attack was “very unconvincing”.

But then he went on in his assessment, saying that “it was very serious, it was (nor).

Asked if the United States will be able to strike again when Iran will restore its nuclear activity, Trump said, “Of course, but I don’t have to worry about it. It’s been for years.”

Later, Trump compared the strikes to America’s atomic bombing at the end of World War II.

“I do not want to use Hiroshima’s example, I do not want to use the example of Nagasaki, but it was essentially the same thing – that the war was over,” he said.

US President was proclaimed Secretary of State Mark Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pitt Hugset, who both repeated his skepticism over the leakage of intelligence.

Hegset said the leak was politically motivated and insisted that the bombs landed “exactly where they were supposed.”

He added: “Any assessment that informs you that he thinks otherwise with other motives.” He described the leak as “completely false.”

Rubio also doubts the power of attorney of the leak report, believing that the content was distorted in the media and indicating leaks as “professional stigns”.

The previous assessment also showed that some of Uranus enriched Iran were transferred to the attack.

According to sources familiar with it, Iran’s centrifuge remains largely “intact” with the destruction limited by the above buildings.

According to them, the entrances to two nuclear facilities were blocked, and some infrastructure was damaged, but most of the deeper attitudes survived the explosions.

In American intelligence terminology, “low confidence” usually indicates that the information is either poorly obtained, fragmented or uncertain – making it less reliable than assessments, evaluated with “moderate” or “high confidence”.

The HEGSETH link on the “Low Confidence” report suggests that it is an indicative one and its findings may change as more details.

On Saturday, the United States hit three nuclear places in Iran – Ford, Natantsa and Isfahan – using Bunker Buster bombs designed to penetrate hardened underground purposes.

While the specific ammunition used in the attack were not confirmed, it was believed that massive penetration of 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) is the only weapon that can destroy the underground remedies of Iran.

Tehran always said her nuclear program is peaceful goals.

In the next hours, which took place on Saturday, General Dan Kane, chairman of the joint chief of staff, told reporters that it would take time to evaluate the damage.

But he added that “all three sites caused extremely serious damage and destruction.” Satellite images showed that six fresh craters fell around two Fordo nuclear sections as well as gray dust and debris.

From the latest satellite images, it is unclear how much damage to the surfaces under the surface.

Hassan Abedini, Deputy Political Director of the State TV and Radio Company, said the three sites aimed at the US were evacuated, “and therefore,” and that Iran “was not seriously hit because the materials were already taken out.”

Both the US and Israeli officials, meanwhile, perceive this mission as a success.