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One of the Trump administration’s key talking points on the Iran war is that the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities were devastated in US-Israeli bombing campaigns before the ceasefire began in April.
But intelligence reports that have not been made public suggest Iran’s military — in particular its missile capabilities — is not quite as destroyed as the US has made it out to be.
Reporting the fact of those intelligence assessments, Trump suggested Tuesday, is “virtual TREASON.”
In early April, CNN reported on an intelligence assessment that said Iran maintained a significant portion of its drone capability and a large percentage of its coastal missile systems.
