Sources Reveal Shocking Pentagon Intelligence Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program

25th June 2025

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Sources Reveal Shocking Pentagon Intelligence Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Just hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran took effect, Reuters reported, citing informed sources, the findings of a shocking intelligence report from the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) regarding the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Three sources told Reuters that an initial U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that the American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities earlier this week only delayed Tehran’s nuclear program by a few months.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump had ordered American involvement in Israel’s campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

Two of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the initial report was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon’s primary intelligence branch and one of the 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.

The classified assessment contradicts public statements by Trump and senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who claimed that the weekend attacks—carried out using a combination of bunker-buster bombs and conventional weapons—had wiped out the core of Iran’s nuclear program.

Trump stated that the strikes were necessary to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Iran, meanwhile, denies seeking such a weapon and insists that its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only.

On Sunday, Hegseth claimed the strikes had “erased” Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and Trump asserted that key Iranian nuclear sites had been “completely and totally destroyed.”

Assessing the damage to nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz is expected to be challenging, and the DIA is not the only agency tasked with the job. One source noted that the assessment was not widely accepted and sparked significant disagreement.

A U.S. official, speaking anonymously, admitted that the full extent of the damage remains unknown.

Nevertheless, the preliminary assessment suggests the strikes may not have been as successful as the Trump administration claims.

According to one source, Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles were not eliminated, and in fact, the nuclear program may have only been set back by one or two months.