{"id":11736,"date":"2025-07-03T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:21:45","slug":"pentagon-says-iran-nuclear-program-set-back-1-to-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=11736","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon says Iran nuclear program set back 1 to 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250703152122.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250703152122.jpg 308w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250703152122-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that Iran\u2019s nuclear program has been set back at least a year after the U.S. military bombed three vital nuclear sites last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told reporters on Wednesday that intelligence assessments inside the department indicate that Iran\u2019s nuclear program has been degraded by \u201cone to two years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re thinking probably closer to two years, like degraded their program by two years,\u201d Parnell said during the briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that \u201cwe believe, and certainly, all of the intelligence that we\u2019ve seen have led us to believe that Iran\u2019s \u2014 those facilities especially, have been completely obliterated,\u201d referring to the nuclear facilities at Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latter assessment is in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s assessment of the damage at those targeted sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An early Pentagon intelligence assessment reportedly found that Tehran\u2019s nuclear program was set back by only months. Hegseth has called the leaked assessment premature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. military bombed Iran on June 21, following more than a week of back-and-forth strikes between Tehran and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the attacks destroyed Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities and halted the regime\u2019s nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was obliterating like nobody\u2019s ever seen before. And that meant the end to their nuclear ambitions, at least for a period of time,\u201d Trump said in an interview on Fox News\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president has remained open to restarting nuclear negotiations with Iran, but he said a deal to restrain Tehran\u2019s nuclear enrichment is not necessary and also suggested additional U.S. strikes are possible if there is renewed cause for concern from Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said during an interview on Sunday that Iran could start enriching uranium again in a \u201cmatter of months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also unclear if the U.S. destroyed Iran\u2019s existing stockpiles of enriched uranium. Even once it has the nuclear material, Iran would need to build a weapon and delivery system. Before the strikes, experts and U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that could take two years or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Thursday, Grossi said Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities \u201csuffered enormous damage\u201d following U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think \u2018annihilated\u2019 is too much, but it has suffered enormous damage. I know there\u2019s a lot of debate about the degree of annihilation, total destruction, and so on; what I can tell you, and I think everyone agrees on this, is that very considerable damage has been done,\u201d Grossi said in an interview with French broadcaster RFI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that Iran\u2019s nuclear program has been set back at least a year after the U.S. military bombed three vital nuclear sites last month. 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