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US INTEL; Trump/Netanyahu LIE-Irans NOT Close to Nuclear Weapon Says Its YEARS Aw
US Spies Contradict Trump & Netanyahu -Iran is NOT Racing For Nuclear Weapon
American officials and senior lawmakers have pushed back on Donald Trumps claims that Iran is weeks away from a nuclear weapon, saying they are NOT supported by US intelligence
Israel Says Iran Was Racing Toward a Nuclear Weapon. US Intel Says Its YEARS Away
REUTERS 21 JUN 2025
When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the countrys nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.
But US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one to a target of its choosing, according to four people familiar with the assessment.
Another senior US official told CNN that Iran is about as close as you can get before building a nuclear weapon. If Iran wanted one, they have all the things they need.
Now, after days of Israeli airstrikes, US intelligence officials believe that so far, Israel may have set back Irans nuclear program by only a matter of months, according to one of those people, a US official. Even as Israel has done significant damage to Irans facility at Natanz, which houses centrifuges necessary to enrich uranium, a second, heavily fortified enrichment site at Fordow has remained effectively untouched.
Israel lacks the capability to damage Fordow without specific US weapons and aerial support, defense experts say.
Israel can hover over those nuclear facilities, render them inoperable, but if you really want to dismantle them its either a US military strike or a deal, said Brett McGurk, a former top diplomat to the Middle East under the Trump and Biden administrations
That raises a key dilemma for the Trump administration, which is struggling to avoid becoming entangled in a costly, complex war in the Middle East.
Although Trump has made clear that he does not want to involve the US in Israels efforts to destroy Irans nuclear infrastructure, the administration recognizes that the only way Israel can knock out Irans nuclear program is with American military assistance, in particular, US bombs capable of damaging underground facilities and the B2 bombers that carry them.
US spies said Iran wasnt building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment
Tulsi Gabbard Says Iran Not Believed To Be Building A Nuclear Weapon
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9015qzX3A&t=3s
Netanyahu Says He and Trump Are Committed to Ensure Iran Will Not Have a Nuclear Weapon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0kwoJS-iM
Trump ANGRY Iran is Talking to UK and NOT Him -Britain Urges Trump Not to Ramp Up Iran Conflict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1dot6MeBjA
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