Iran’s Foreign Ministry Reveals Delivers Early Report On The Damage Of Nuclear Sites

Just days after the United States delivered a historic strike to Iran’s nuclear facilities, questions have been raised about just how badly damaged the sites are.

The speculation arose after CNN released a report claiming the strike only delayed the Iranians for months and that the damage wasn’t as significant as the Trump administration claims.

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has since refuted CNN’s report.

Now, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has chipped in on the conversation and has concluded that its nuclear facilities have been “badly damaged.”

The Times of Israel had more details to add:

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei confirms the country’s nuclear facilities had been “badly damaged” in American strikes over the weekend.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Baghaei refuses to go into detail but concedes the Sunday strikes by American B-2 bombers using bunker buster bombs had been significant.

“Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure,” he says.

BREAKING: IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON SAYS ITS NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS 'BADLY DAMAGED' BY AMERICAN STRIKES

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) June 25, 2025

Israel has also commented on the strike.

Per Axios:

Israeli intelligence services believe U.S. and Israeli strikes caused “very significant” damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities, with some officials perplexed by a leaked U.S. intelligence report that suggested otherwise.

Like the U.S., Israel has not produced a final assessment on how far back the bombing campaign has set Iran’s nuclear program, three officials told Axios.

The emerging Israeli assessment presents a far more optimistic view of the operation than a preliminary report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, which assessed the strikes may have set Iran back only a few months.

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President Trump’s claim that Iran’s nuclear program has been “obliterated” came under scrutiny Tuesday after the DIA report was leaked to CNN, the New York Times, Washington Post and multiple other outlets.

The leak infuriated the White House, which rejected the findings as “fake news” and accused anonymous officials of seeking to undermine Trump.

Israel, which initiated the war and faces a far more direct threat from Iran than the U.S., is largely satisfied with the early results from Trump’s military strike on Saturday.

“A professional battle damage assessment takes time,” an Israeli official stressed, suggesting it was far too soon to draw the kinds of conclusions included in the DIA report.

Here’s what Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to share:

🚨 MIC DROP: Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO absolutely obliterates the narrative that Trump's strikes on Iran were somehow "ineffective" against Iran's nuclear program.

"These leakers are professional STABBERS. That's what they are. They go out and they read this stuff and then… pic.twitter.com/5APYGMWt2k

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 25, 2025

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