Trump calls intel report "fake news," insists US strikes destroyed Iran's nuclear facilities

US President Donald Trump rejected reports by The New York Times and CNN as "fake news." The reports had revealed that last week’s US strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program.

CNN reported that President Donald Trump's claim that the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities is at odds with recent investigations.

One source stated that intelligence assessments indicated enriched uranium had been moved out of the targeted sites prior to the US attacks.

Similarly, the New York Times reported that the strikes sealed off the entrances to two of the facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings, the officials said the early findings concluded.

'US intelligence is wrong:' Trump rejects intel reports that Iran is not building nukes

“Fake News CNN, together with the failing New York Times, have teamed up in an attempt to demean one of the most successful military strikes in history,” Trump posted on X while rejecting the reports of both platforms.

He reiterated that the “nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed, both the Times and CNN are getting slammed by the public.”

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The US hit three nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday night using bombs weighing 13,000 kg (30,000 lb), capable of penetrating 18 meters (60 feet) of concrete or 61 meters (200 feet) of earth before detonating. The strikes aimed to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.

Shortly after the strikes, US President Donald Trump said in a televised address that future attacks would be "far greater" if Iran did not agree to a deal, adding, "Remember, there are many targets left."