President enlists help from his defense secretary to impugn motives of intelligence analysts who cast doubt on his claims to have ‘obliterated’ Iranian nuclear facilities

With the world reeling after Trump’s attack on Iran, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth insisted that the operation was only about ending Tehran’s ambitions for nuclear weapons

While that may be the case, an independent assessment of Iran's nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency has not occurred.

Tehran says American attack on nuclear sites will have ‘everlasting consequences’