Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again for a potential bomb within "a few months."
This fact was announced by the head of the UN atomic energy watchdog, Rafael Grossi, reports A2 CNN.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but "not total" damage, contradicting Donald Trump's claim that Iran's nuclear facilities had been "completely destroyed".
"Honestly, you can't claim that everything is gone and that there's nothing there," Grossi said on Saturday, A2 CNN reports.
Israel attacked nuclear and military facilities in Iran on June 13, claiming that Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon. The United States later joined the attacks, dropping bombs on three of Iran's nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Since then, the true extent of the damage has been unclear.
Grossi, in a statement to CBS News, said Tehran could have "within a few months... several cascades of centrifuges that will be spinning and producing enriched uranium." He added that Iran still possessed "industrial and technological capabilities... so if they wanted, they would be able to start doing this again."
The Atomic Energy Agency is not the first or only body to suggest that Iran's nuclear capabilities may still be viable. Earlier this week, a Pentagon intelligence assessment found that the US strikes only delayed the program by months.
Trump responded furiously, declaring that Iran’s nuclear facilities had been “totally destroyed” and accusing the media of “an attempt to discredit one of the most successful military strikes in history.” For now, Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire.
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