Iran\u2019s deeply buried nuclear enrichment plant at Fordo was badly damaged, and potentially destroyed, by the 12 massive bombs that U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers dropped on it last month, according to a new American intelligence assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two other nuclear sites targeted in the U.S. attacks were not as badly damaged, but facilities at the sites that would be key to fabricating a nuclear weapon were destroyed and could take years to rebuild, U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A senior Israeli official<\/a> said last week that the strikes most likely did not eliminate the stockpile of near-bomb-grade fuel that could be used to produce upward of 10 nuclear weapons. But without the facilities to manufacture a weapon, U.S. officials insist, the fuel would be of little use even if the Iranians can dig it out of the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new assessment helps create a clearer picture of what the combined Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran achieved. The bombings deeply damaged Fordo \u2014 considered by the Iranians to be their best-protected and most advanced nuclear enrichment site \u2014 probably crippling Iran\u2019s ability to make nuclear fuel for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> New Assessment Finds Site at Focus of U.S. Strikes in Iran Badly Damaged https:\/\/t.co\/dr2QDpujFD<\/a> via @NYTimes<\/a><\/p>— Ali Vaez (@AliVaez) July 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>