WASHINGTON – Intercepted Iranian communications downplayed the extent of injury brought on by US strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Put up reported on Sunday, citing 4 individuals accustomed to labeled intelligence circulating throughout the US authorities.
A supply, who declined to be named, confirmed that account to Reuters however mentioned there have been severe questions on whether or not the Iranian officers had been being truthful, and described the intercepts as unreliable indicators.
The report by the Put up is the newest, nevertheless, to lift questions in regards to the extent of the harm to Iran’s nuclear program. A leaked preliminary evaluation from the Protection Intelligence Company cautioned the strikes could have solely set again Iran by months.
President Donald Trump has mentioned the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, however US officers acknowledge it is going to take time to kind an entire evaluation of the harm brought on by the US army strikes final weekend.
The White Home dismissed the report by the Put up.
“The notion that unnamed Iranian officers know what occurred below lots of of toes of rubble is nonsense. Their nuclear weapons program is over,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt was quoted as saying by the Put up.
In an interview broadcast on Sunday on Fox Information, Trump reiterated his confidence that the strikes had destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “It was obliterated like no one’s ever seen earlier than. And that meant the tip to their nuclear ambitions, at the very least for a time period,” he mentioned on the “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” program. —Reuters