US strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme, says Pentagon assessment

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Satellite image (c) 2025 Maxar Technologies via Getty Images Maxar Satellite Imagery shows the ridge above the Fordo complex post-strike. Multiple impact craters and a wide grey-blue ash layer are visible across the ridge, suggesting direct hits to the overburden covering the underground facility. Satellite image (c) 2025 Maxar Technologies via Getty Images

Satellite images after the US attack show large craters visible at the Fordo nuclear site in Iran.

The US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities did not destroy the country's nuclear programme and probably only set it back by months, according to a Pentagon intelligence assessment.

The Islamic Republic's stockpile of enriched uranium was not eliminated in the bombings, sources familiar with an evaluation by the Defense Intelligence Agency told the BBC's US partner CBS.

The White House said the initial damage assessment was "flat-out wrong" and "a clear attempt to demean" President Donald Trump.

The president has said the air strikes "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities.

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