Intercepted Iranian communications downplayed the extent of damage attributable to U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Sunday (June 29, 2025), citing 4 folks aware of categorised intelligence circulating inside the U.S. authorities.
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A supply, who declined to be named, confirmed that account to Reuters however stated there have been critical questions on whether or not the Iranian officers have been being truthful, and described the intercepts as unreliable indicators.
The report by the Post is the most recent, nevertheless, to lift questions in regards to the extent of the damage to Iran’s nuclear program. A leaked preliminary evaluation from the Defence Intelligence Agency cautioned that the strikes might have solely set again Iran by months.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, however U.S. officers acknowledge it’s going to take time to type an entire evaluation of the damage attributable to the U.S. army strikes final weekend.
The White House dismissed the report by the Post.
“The notion that unnamed Iranian officials know what happened under hundreds of feet of rubble is nonsense. Their nuclear weapons program is over,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was quoted as saying by the Post.
In an interview broadcast on Sunday on Fox News, Trump reiterated his confidence that the strikes had destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “It was obliterated like nobody’s ever seen before. And that meant the end to their nuclear ambitions, at least for a period of time,” he stated on the “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” program. (Reporting by Phil Stewart and Katharine Jackson; Editing by Chris Reese)
