Trump insists Iran nuclear sites destroyed amid reports some survived

20/7/2025 11:57

US President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jul 19) insisted that the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities "completely destroyed" the sites after a report said that some had largely survived.



On his Truth Social platform, Trump reiterated his frequent claim that "all three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED".



He said it would "take years to bring them back into service and, if Iran wanted to do so, they would be much better off starting anew, in three different locations".



US bomb and missile attacks struck Iran's controversial nuclear program on Jun 22, hitting the uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, south of Tehran, as well as nuclear sites in Isfahan and Natanz.