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U.S. military strikes on Iran last weekend only set back the country's nuclear ambitions by a few months.
shutting off the entrances to a pair of nuclear sites,
but not collapsing their underground structures.
That is the conclusion of a Defense Intelligence Agency damage assessment,
according to people familiar with the intelligence,
findings that are at odds with claims by the White House and President Trump who'd said that the targets of the raids were destroyed.
Joining me now with more on how the administration is responding to the report and the potential significance of its conclusions is Journal Middle East correspondent Jared Malson.
Jared, walk us through some of the details of this report,
especially as they relate to what Iran might be able to do with its nuclear program going forward.
This is an initial assessment by one U.S. intelligence agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency.
or DIA, which is the intelligence wing of the Pentagon.
And this is their initial take on how much destruction was caused by the US and Israeli strikes at these three Iranian nuclear sites.