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Bomb, Bomb Iran. Was it a hit or a miss? Extent of underground damage remains unclear. [1]
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Date: 2025-06-22
We are still awaiting bomb damage assessment to tell us whether it’s Hanoi all over again, without Kissinger. Meanwhile, Trump tries to promote regime change using only social media.
Fate of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Unclear After U.S. Strikes
Senior U.S. officials said the attack had severely damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities but conceded they did not know the whereabouts of its supply of near-bomb-grade uranium. President Trump suggested that a new government could take over in Tehran.
The Iranian nuclear sites — at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — sustained what Pentagon officials called “severe damage” from the U.S. strikes. But the status of Iran’s enrichment program remained murky, with senior officials conceding they did not know the whereabouts of Iran’s supply of near-bomb-grade uranium.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, said he believed the stockpile — which is stored in special casks small enough to fit in the trunks of about 10 cars — had been moved. There was also evidence, according to two Israeli officials with knowledge of the intelligence, that Iran had moved equipment and uranium from the site in recent days.
Iranian officials castigated the United States for the strikes, with the country’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, saying at a news conference in Istanbul that Iran “reserves all options to defend its security interests and people.” He declined to be more specific, including about whether Iran would retaliate against U.S. military assets in the Middle East, where more than 40,000 American military personnel are on bases and warships.
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