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Trump and Hegseth admit doubts over Iran’s nuclear sites damage by US strikes

www.theguardian.com Trump and Hegseth admit doubts over Iran’s nuclear sites damage by US strikes

President calls intelligence ‘inconclusive’ while defence secretary describes harm to facilities as ‘moderate to severe’

Trump and Hegseth admit doubts over Iran’s nuclear sites damage by US strikes

Donald Trump and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have admitted to some doubt over the scale of the damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear sites by the US bombing at the weekend, after a leaked Pentagon assessment said the Iranian programme had been set back by only a few months.

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