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Trump, Pentagon Report Clash over State of Iran's Nuclear Program
- On June 21, American B-2 bombers targeted and damaged key Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, but the strikes did not completely eliminate Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities.
- The strike intended to stop Iran's nuclear enrichment efforts, but before the attack, Iran had relocated a substantial amount of uranium enriched to 60%, totaling over 400 kilograms, and critical centrifuges remained undamaged.
- Satellite images show entrances to two sites collapsed, but underground buildings survived, and U.S. and Israeli strikes together set Iran's program back only a few months.
- President Trump claimed the strikes "completely obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities and posted on social media that all nuclear capabilities were destroyed, while officials called this 'flat-out wrong'.
- The discrepancy between Trump's assertions and a classified Pentagon report suggests the strikes degraded but did not end Iran's nuclear program, possibly prompting future tensions or negotiations.
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Factcheck.org's Own Expert Disagrees With Them On Fate Of Iran's Centrifuges
Factcheck.org may not have a truth-o-meter like PolitiFact or a Pinocchio scale like The Washington Post, but their Tuesday article by Alan Jaffe still claimed that President Trump was false in saying that the B-2 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “obliterated” their program. One of Jaffe's main points of evidence was the fate of Iran's centrifuges, but even his own selected expert has contradicted him elsewhere. The crux of Jaffe’s argument …
There are two reasons why President Donald Trump needs the world to believe his unwavering claims that Iran's nuclear program has been destroyed.
Murphy: Trump Administration 'Lying' About Iran's Nuclear Program
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Deadline" that President Donald Trump's administration lied about the amount of damage done to Iran's nuclear program because of the U.S. military strikes.
The US attacks are said not to have smashed Iran's nuclear facilities. Trump rejects the reports and distributes them against US media.
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