The head of the CIA has said US strikes “severely damaged” Iran’s nuclear facilities and set them back years, diverging from a leaked intelligence report that angered President Donald Trump by downplaying the raid’s impact.
John Ratcliffe, the US spy agency’s director, said key sites had been destroyed, though he stopped short of declaring that Iran’s nuclear programme had been eliminated outright.
It comes a day after a leaked preliminary assessment from a Pentagon intelligence agency suggested core components of Iran’s nuclear programme remained intact after the US bombings.
The United States failed to "achieve their intended goal" and "gained nothing" from getting involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran, says Iran's Supreme Leader.
Ayotollah Ali Khamenei says President Trump "exaggerated" what happened and that Iran claimed a victory over… pic.twitter.com/ag7H5IU9tO
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