Trump says Iran's nuclear capability “was bombed into the kingdom” – National
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran's nuclear facilities were “bombed to the kingdom.”
“In other words, this was destroyed,” Trump said at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands.
He added: “It's very, very successful. It's called elimination. No other military on Earth can do that. Now, this incredible practice of American power paves the way for peace through a historic ceasefire late Monday. We call it the 12-day war.”
Trump's comments were reported in U.S. media (including the Associated Press) in U.S. intelligence reports, which showed that Iran's nuclear program was set only a few months after the U.S. strike.
This is not “totally completely eliminated,” according to two people familiar with the early assessment cited by the Associated Press.
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“If you look at the picture, if you look at how it goes black, then the fire and sulfur are both underground because it is granite, both underground. But, you won't show it. But, even there, all the places are around the entire area of 75 yards in the hole that the black hole (the American missile) hit,” Trump said, “Trump said.”
The report by the U.S. defense intelligence agency on Monday contradicts the statements of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The people said the report found that despite the huge damage caused by the nuclear sites in Natanz and Isfahan on Sunday, the facilities were not completely destroyed, the people said. The people have no right to resolve the matter publicly and have spoken with the Associated Press on anonymity.
Trump added that the United States will talk to Iran soon.
“We will talk to Iran next week. We may sign an agreement,” he said.
“It will depend on Iran's will, not only to be peace, but to negotiate directly with the United States, not through a third or fourth country,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
– Documents with the Associated Press
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