The head of the CIA says “credible intelligence” suggests Iran’s nuclear program has been “severely damaged” by the recent US strikes and could take “years” to rebuild.
In a statement on Wednesday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe cited “new intelligence from a historically reliable and accurate source/method that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years.”
CNN and other US media outlets have reported that an early intelligence assessment indicated that US airstrikes did not destroy the core components of Iran’s nuclear program, and likely only set it back by months.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that Iran’s nuclear program has been “totally obliterated.”
