Intel community’s ‘final’ assessment on Iran strikes won’t ‘be completed for some time’

Published July 10, 2025 5:42pm ET



The intelligence community has not finalized its battle damage assessment for the effects of the U.S. military’s strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last month.

The Trump administration and the Pentagon have maintained that the U.S. strikes on the Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan facilities “obliterated” Tehran’s nuclear program, but there are remaining questions as to the extent of the damage, how long it would take Iran to restart uranium enrichment, and whether any of the equipment in the underground facilities that had been targeted can be recovered.

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