Trump is already ranting again, telling his ministry of information to claim the leak was fake information, err.
White House refutes intelligence Iran’s nuclear sites not destroyed
We reported earlier that CNN published a report saying an intelligence assessment concluded that US strikes “did not destroy the core components” of Iran’s nuclear programme. The New York Times also reported that the attack set back the Iranian nuclear programme by “only a few months”.
The White House has now refuted the news reports while appearing to confirm the intelligence assessment exists.
“This alleged ‘assessment’ is flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community,” White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a social media post.
🚨FAKE NEWS CNN STRIKES AGAIN:
This alleged "assessment" is flat-out wrong and was classified as "top secret" but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community.
The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean…
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) June 24, 2025
Iran’s nuclear sites ‘not obliterated’ after US strikes: Report
The Washington Post has joined other outlets in reporting that a top-secret US intelligence assessment has concluded that the attacks on Iran only set back the Iranian nuclear programme by months.
It reported that the intelligence findings assessed that US bombardment “failed to destroy the core components” of Iran’s nuclear programme, citing an unidentified source as saying that Tehran’s uranium stockpiles are unaffected.
Trump envoy insists US attacks destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities
Steve Witkoff has dismissed an intelligence report that said US air strikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan sites did not destroy the country’s nuclear programme.
“All three of those had most, if not all, the centrifuges damaged or destroyed in a way that it will be almost impossible for them to resurrect that programme,” Witkoff told Fox News.
“In my view, and in many other experts’ views who have seen the raw data, it will take a period of years.”
Witkoff also called the leaking of the report as “treasonous”.
“It ought to be investigated. And whoever did it, whoever is responsible for it, should be held accountable,” he added.
