The Department of Defense estimates that Iran’s nuclear program has been delayed by one to two years after the U.S. military bombed three key nuclear sites on June 21. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told reporters Wednesday that facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan were “completely obliterated.”
The strikes followed a series of escalating attacks between Iran and Israel. President Donald Trump has claimed the U.S. attack halted Tehran’s nuclear ambitions: “It was obliterating like nobody’s ever seen before.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed the assessment, pushing back on early intelligence reports that the damage was less extensive. Still, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Rafael Grossi cautioned that while Iran’s program suffered “enormous damage,” its ability to resume uranium enrichment could return “in a matter of months.”
Uncertainty remains about whether Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles were destroyed. Experts had estimated it would take Iran two or more years to weaponize enriched material and develop a delivery system.
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