The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that as a result of Israeli and U.S. strikes, the agency has “seen extensive damage at several nuclear sites in Iran,” including those three. Israel claims it has set back Iran’s nuclear program by “many years.”

But on June 25th several American media outlets published details of a much more sceptical take from the Defence Intelligence Agency ( DIA ), which reportedly concluded that the American and Israeli strikes set Iran’s nuclear programme back by months,

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes,