White House Dismisses Report That Iran’s Nuclear Program Was Only Temporarily Set Back

Trump administration officials insist Iran’s nuclear facilities were destroyed and reject a leaked intelligence assessment as political sabotage.
White House Dismisses Report That Iran’s Nuclear Program Was Only Temporarily Set Back
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on May 29, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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The White House has rejected a CNN report claiming that a leaked classified U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that last weekend’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities only set back the country’s program by a few months.
In a statement issued on June 24, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the alleged early Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessment cited by CNN was “flat-out wrong,” and accused the outlet of relying on a “low-level loser in the intelligence community” to undermine President Donald Trump and discredit U.S. fighter pilots.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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