Pentagon report says US strikes on Iran nuclear sites only set back programme months

The White House strongly pushed back on the assessment, calling it “flat-out wrong”.

Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

A new US intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear programme has been set back only a few months after a US strike, and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said.

The early intelligence report issued by the Defence Intelligence Agency on Monday contradicts statements from Mr Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the status of Iran’s nuclear facilities.