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United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday that “new intelligence confirms” Iran’s nuclear facilities were destroyed in the weekend strikes carried out by the United States and Israel.
“New intelligence confirms what (U.S. President Trump) has stated numerous times: Iran's nuclear facilities have been destroyed,” Gabbard wrote on X..
She said Iran would need to “rebuild all three facilities — Natanz, Fordow, Esfahan — entirely, which would likely take years to do,” if Tehran chose to reconstruct them.
Gabbard criticized recent media coverage citing leaked intelligence assessments, alleging they were “written with low confidence” and selectively released to “undermine President Trump’s decisive leadership.”
On Tuesday, CNN reported that U.S. intelligence assessments suggested the strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear program by months, rather than destroying it completely.
However, Iranian officials acknowledged Wednesday that nuclear installations were “badly damaged” in the coordinated attacks by the United States and Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office assessed that the combined strikes “set back Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years.”
President Trump has consistently claimed that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “obliterated” in the weekend operation targeting the three key sites.
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