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24 Jun 2025 · Day 12 of 12Leaked DIA preliminary assessment: strikes set Iran back only months
A leaked preliminary US Defense Intelligence Agency assessment, reported 24 June 2025, concluded the strikes did not destroy the core of Iran's nuclear program and may have set it back only by months. It found the most heavily fortified sites remained largely structurally intact and that Iran's enriched-uranium stockpile had likely been moved before the strikes. The judgment was issued with low confidence and had not been coordinated across the intelligence community.
Reported casualties
No casualty figure. The DIA 'set back by months' assessment directly contradicts the White House/Pentagon 'obliterated' claim. The White House called the leaked assessment 'wrong'; the CIA later said the program was 'severely damaged' and would take years to rebuild.
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