Trump is retreating after the leaked report indicates that Iran Stretz had a limited impact

Donald Trump and his senior officials retracted a leaked intelligence report saying that the American strikes against Iran did not retract its nuclear program until a few months later.

Speaking at the NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday, Trump said that the strikes led to the “virtual forgetfulness” of Iranian nuclear capabilities and returned its atomic program “decades”.

Defense Minister Beit Higseth, who was also at the summit, said that the first Pentagon evaluation had been “low confidence” and the FBI was investigating the leakage.

Tuesday, Sources familiar with the initial report on Saturday bombings The American BBC’s CBS partner told Iran’s fertilized uranium stocks not eliminated.

They added that the strikes only put the nuclear program in the country for a few months – a rating that the White House describes quickly as “a steady wrong.”

According to the report, the strikes were closed to the highly fortified enrichment facilities in Fordo and Natanz, but they failed to destroy underground structures.

Officials familiar with the evaluation of the defense intelligence agency, leaked, warned that early evaluation could change with more information about sites.

The Defense Intelligence Agency is the Pentagon Special Agency, which specializes in military intelligence to support operations. It collects large quantities of artistic intelligence, but it is distinguished from other agencies such as the CIA.

The United States has 18 intelligence agencies, which sometimes produce conflicting reports based on its mission and field of experience. For example, the American intelligence community is still not agreed on Covid-19 assets.

On Wednesday, while sitting alongside NATO President Mark Roti, Trump initially admitted some uncertainty, saying that intelligence in the attack was “very decisive.”

But he then went on his evaluation, saying, “It was very severe, (A) was blurring.”

When asked if the United States would strike again if Iran resumes its nuclear activities, Trump said: “Certainly, but I will not have worrying about it. It has ended for years.”

Trump later likened the strikes in America’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II.

“I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima, I do not want to use an example of Nagasaki, but this was the same thing – which ended the war,” he said.

The US President was surrounded by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Beit Higseth, who repeated his doubts about leaked intelligence.

Higseth said that the leakage had political motives and insisted that the bombs had landed “specifically as it was supposed to.”

He added: “Any evaluation tells you that it is something otherwise, it speculates other motives.” Description of the leak as “completely wrong”.

Rubio also made suspicion of the credibility of the leaked report, indicating that the contents have been distorted in the media and a leakage as a “professional stab”.

The initial evaluation also indicated that some enriched uranium stocks in Iran were transferred before the attack.

According to informed sources, the Iranian centrifugal devices remain largely “sound” with the destruction that is limited to the buildings above the ground.

They said that the entrances to nuclear facilities were banned and some infrastructure was damaged, but many deepest installations survived the explosions.

In the terminology of American intelligence, “low confidence” usually indicates that information is either badly or fragmented or unconfirmed – which makes it less reliable than assessments that have been classified with “moderate” or “high confidence”.

The HegSTH signal to the “low confidence” report indicates that it is initial and its results may change with the emergence of more details.

The United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday – Fordo, Natanz, and Asphan – using “Bunker Buster” bombs designed to penetrate underground targets.

While the specified munitions used in the attack were not confirmed, it was believed that the penetration of huge munitions costing 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) was the only weapon that is able to destroy underground enrichment facilities in Iran.

Tehran has always said that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

In the hours that followed Saturday’s strikes, General Dan Kane, Chairman of the Joint Staff Board of Directors, told reporters that it would take time to assess the damage to the facilities.

But he added that “all the three sites were severely damaged and destroyed.” Satellite photos showed six fresh excavations that gather around two points to enter the Fordo nuclear sites, as well as gray dust and debris.

However, it is not clear from the latest satellite images, however, the amount of damage to the locations under the surface.

Hassan Abedini, Deputy Political Director of the Iranian state broadcaster, said that the three sites targeted by the United States had been evacuated “while it was”, and that Iran “did not suffer from a major blow because the materials have already been taken out.”

Meanwhile, American and Israeli officials praised the mission as success.