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A resume of the intelligence issued on Saturday for joint military chiefs showed that Iran could build nuclear devices in a few months if it did not collide with technical and material delays, two US intelligence sources familiar with the document, CBS News said.
But at the time, the resume did not estimate that Iran has decided to sprint to nuclear weapons – lining up with US estimates over the years.
Similar estimates were made on days leading to US On the nuclear premises of Iran and on days after. The US Air Strikes occurred among the longer Israeli consequences against Iranian nuclear facilities, though Mr. Trump announced on Monday that Iran and Israel agreed to A, Due to the cost of the hall.
Resume reconnaissance also showed that Iranian officials discussed the relocated canisters of high -enriched uranium to car trunks and keep them on public stains to avoid destruction.
In recent months, Iran has increased its high -enriched uranium reserves, causing problems among Iran's opponents and International Watchmen. The country has enriched Uranus to 60% clean, which is a 90% step only in a few minutes, which is commonly used in nuclear weapons.
Mr Trump said Iran was “very close to” nuclear weapons last week, and Tuls Gabard's national intelligence director – Note Iran “is that it can produce nuclear weapons within a few weeks to months when they decide to complete the assembly.”
The head of the US Central Command, General Michael Kurila, showed that in mid -June showed that if Iran decides to lean up to nuclear weapons, he would be able to create enough weapons materials for one week and can do enough for 10 nuclear weapons in three weeks.
US intelligence officials have stated that Iran officially stopped Nuclear Weapons Development Program in 2003. In March, the American intelligence community evaluated The fact that Iran does not build nuclear weapons, and the High leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still did not transform the program, but “the pressure is probably built on it,”-noting the “erosion of a decade to discuss nuclear weapons in public.”
Different agencies in the intelligence community may have their own assessments about what nuclear capabilities Iran were before the strikes.
Gabard once again confirmed this assessment of Congress's testimony earlier this year. But last week, Mr. Trump told reporters that Gabard was “wrong” about whether Iran was creating nuclear weapons later added: “I think they were very close to having it.” Gabard later – Note She and the president were on the same page, and the media “made my testimony from context.”
American airstrikes They aimed at two Iranian Uranches, enriching uranium and nuclear studies, after the Israeli's daily air campaign, which is supposedly Iran, “racing towards a nuclear bomb.” The impact on the weekend strikes is still unclear; The Pentagon offered a preliminary public assessment of the damage immediately after the strike.
“Initial damage assessments in battle show that all three sites have caused extremely serious damage and destruction,” General General Dan Kane – Note Sunday, adding that a complete assessment will take time.
Iran, for its part, has long denied that it intends to build nuclear weapons and insist that its uranium enrichment program is intended for peaceful purposes.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Mark Rubio told CBS News “Face The Nation” that Iranian websites aimed at the US strikes were linked to “Iran's” ambitions.
“They have everything you need to create nuclear weapons,” Rubio said.
White House press secretary Caroline Levit said in a statement: “President Trump and administration have always been right to say that if Iran decided to make a nuclear bomb, they could do it for weeks, which obviously pose a direct threat to the US and the world.”
“(T) Hanks to the strong leadership of President Trump and incredibly successful military strikes at Iran's nuclear facilities, their ability to create a nuclear bomb has been destroyed and the world can sleep easily at night,” she added.
In a statement, Pentagon's chief spokesman Sean Parnell said: “The Ministry of Defense regularly provides resources and assessments for leaders of all levels to be taken into account when making decisions and deployment.”
“A complex exploration report, illegally traced in CBS, does not draw a holistic picture of Iran's nuclear ambitions – which many in the national security community may occur within weeks,” Punel said.
The Director of National Intelligence has sent any questions to the Ministry of Defense.
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