us strikes iran nuclear sites:- the US strikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear sites the program is still intact at best it has been derailed by just a few months that’s the early assessment from American intelligence a preliminary classified report has been leaked two facilities are still believed to be intact this includes Ford facility it was the primary target of the US operation the US used its most powerful bunker buster bomb to take out Forx the GBU57 one GBU57 bomb weighs over 13,000 kilos america dropped as many as 12 such bombs on Foraux .
but even they couldn’t reach deep enough for has been built 300 ft below the surface of the earth it seems to have survived the strike now Foraux and Esahan facilities suffered moderate to severe damage while Natans took the worst hit now where does this leave Iran’s nuclear program can they still build a bomb can they fix these sites and how quickly can they recover before the strikes US intelligence had made an assessment they said that if Iran really wanted a bomb it could get it by 3 months the Americans have a new assessment now the timeline has been pushed back.
but only slightly it would now take around 6 months maybe even less a big reason for that is the uranium iran moved most of its stockpiles before the strike it could be hidden at undeclared sites israeli officials claim Iran could be running small secret enrichment facilities and that’s how they can keep the program alive now what if Iran wants to scale up enrichment tehran would still need facilities like Fordo now some news outlets have published an early damage assessment it doesn’t point to anything Iran can’t repair reports say at Foraux Iran may need to restore electrical systems and reinstall equipment that was moved before the strike the main challenge right now is access the blast sealed off the underground tunnels.
but once they manage to get in it may just be a matter of time before the operations resume this is embarrassing for Donald Trump he claimed Iran’s nuclear facilities were obliterated but his own intelligence agency disagrees with that the strikes may have delayed Iran’s progress but the program is still intact and far from the total elimination like Trump would have hoped for the intelligence leak has struck a nerve now Trump has responded with an all caps post on social media he said and I quote “The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed.
” They really don’t know i think Israel is going to be telling us very soon because BB is going to have people involved in that whole situation we hear it was obliteration it was a virtual obliteration the White House issued sharp statements as well trump’s press secretary spoke out she called it an attempt to discredit Trump however US vice president did make an admission that’s JD Vance now Vance suggested that Iran’s uranium stockpile is still intact so the situation remains risky america’s goal was to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon but what happens when Tehran starts enriching again will Trump order another strike will he order an even bigger mission than last Sunday.
one that risks a wider escalation a diplomatic breakthrough could still prevent that but Trump’s statement today offers little hope the last thing they want to do is enrich anything right now they want to recover and we won’t let that happen number one militarily we won’t they’re not going to have a bomb and they’re not going to enrich uh the US says it wants to pursue a nuclear deal
now but some disturbing reports emerged from Tehran today iran’s Parliament approved a bill it calls for a suspension of cooperation with the IAEA that’s the International Atomic Energy Agency the UN’s Nuclear Watchdog despite the recent attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities the International Atomic Energy Agency has not condemned them not even superficially it has undermined its international credibility and for this reason the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is suspending its cooperation with the agency until the security of its nuclear facilities is guaranteed and Iran’s peaceful nuclear program will proceed at a faster pace the speaker of Iran’s parliament also spoke about the nuclear program he said Iran will accelerate it
now he said that he it would be a civilian program but that’s unlikely to assure the likes of Israel the arch rival of Iran trump’s shaky ceasefire seems to be holding today but it rests on a knife edge one misstep and this could unravel quickly.