Former President Donald Trump has strongly denied a new U.S. intelligence assessment that downplays the effectiveness of recent military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that all three major sites — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — were “completely destroyed” during the June 21 operation, arguing it would take Iran years to rebuild.

The operation, named “Operation Midnight Hammer,” was launched in response to escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. Trump administration officials, including Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, insisted that the strikes were highly successful, delaying Iran’s nuclear capabilities by one to two years. Parnell criticized media reports citing that only the Fordow site was significantly damaged, calling them “Fake News.”

The Defense Department maintains that the strikes, which included B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles, effectively neutralized all targeted sites. In contrast, the intelligence community, particularly the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), reportedly issued a lower-confidence assessment suggesting only minimal delays to Iran’s program.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and European diplomats from France, Germany, and the U.K. have agreed to set a late August deadline for reviving a nuclear deal with Iran. If Iran fails to comply, the “snapback” mechanism — reinstating all U.N. sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal — will be triggered.

Iran has responded defiantly, rejecting the legal basis for snapback sanctions and threatening to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. European leaders plan to intensify talks in the coming weeks to prevent the snapback and de-escalate nuclear tensions.