{"id":48046,"date":"2025-07-03T16:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/03\/us-strikes-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-up-to-2-years-dod-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:58:16","slug":"us-strikes-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-up-to-2-years-dod-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/07\/03\/us-strikes-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-up-to-2-years-dod-says\/","title":{"rendered":"US strikes set back Iran\u2019s nuclear program up to 2 years, DOD says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/06\/22\/how-the-us-bombarded-iranian-nuclear-sites-while-avoiding-detection\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/06\/22\/how-the-us-bombarded-iranian-nuclear-sites-while-avoiding-detection\/\">strikes on Iran\u2019s three main nuclear facilities<\/a> in June likely set that program back by 1-2 years, the Pentagon\u2019s top spokesperson said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re thinking probably closer to two years \u2014 like degraded their program by two years,\u201d said Sean Parnell in his first standalone briefing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parnell\u2019s assessment comes at a moment of confusion about the effect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/25\/strikes-only-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-months-us-report-says\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/25\/strikes-only-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-by-months-us-report-says\/\">America\u2019s massive airstrikes had on Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration has repeatedly said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/06\/22\/pentagon-leaders-hail-successful-iran-strikes-but-wary-of-retaliation\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/06\/22\/pentagon-leaders-hail-successful-iran-strikes-but-wary-of-retaliation\/\">attacks \u201cobliterated\u201d Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities<\/a>, a characterization Parnell himself repeated Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But an early Defense Intelligence Agency review \u2014 first reported by CNN but later confirmed by the administration \u2014 estimated that the attacks had only delayed that program by a matter of months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that the damage had been more severe in a separate briefing last week. Still, he didn\u2019t offer his own estimated timeline and didn\u2019t dispute that the intelligence review contained the reported findings \u2014 only that they were premature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parnell didn\u2019t detail Wednesday what new intelligence resulted in his updated assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/26\/irans-supreme-leader-resurfaces-to-warn-against-future-us-attacks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/26\/irans-supreme-leader-resurfaces-to-warn-against-future-us-attacks\/\">Iran\u2019s nuclear capability<\/a> has been severely degraded, perhaps even their ambition to build a bomb,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late June, the U.S. military attacked Iran\u2019s three main nuclear sites with an enormous number of precision 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