March 6, 2026

Foreign Policy

Trump says Iranian nuclear capabilites ‘obliterated’ despite comments from UN watchdog Donald Trump has said “collected intelligence” since the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites has shown the country’s nuclear capabilities have been “obliterated”, Reuters reports. It runs counter to a leaked US intelligence report which said the damage had only set Iran’s nuclear programme back a “few months”. Earlier, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said of the Fordow site while “no one , including the IAEA, is in a position to have fully assessed the underground damage at Fordow”, it is expected to be “very significant”. On Wednesday Grossi said his top priority is getting his inspectors back to Iran’s nuclear facilities to assess the impact of US and Israeli military strikes and verify its stocks of enriched uranium. “This is the number 1 priority,” International Atomic Energy Agency chief Grossi told a news conference at an Austrian security cabinet meeting. He is seeking his inspectors’ return to Iranian sites including the three plants where it was enriching uranium until Israel launched strikes on 13 June. Asked if Iran had informed him of the status of its stocks of enriched uranium, particularly its uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to weapons grade, he pointed to a letter he received from Iran on June 13, saying Iran would take “special measures” to protect its nuclear materials and equipment.

Trump says Iranian nuclear capabilites ‘obliterated’ despite comments from UN watchdog Donald Trump has said “collected intelligence” since the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites has shown the country’s nuclear capabilities have been “obliterated”, Reuters reports. It runs counter to a leaked US intelligence report which said the damage had only set Iran’s nuclear programme back a “few months”. Earlier, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said of the Fordow site while “no one , including the IAEA, is in a position to have fully assessed the underground damage at Fordow”, it is expected to be “very significant”. On Wednesday Grossi said his top priority is getting his inspectors back to Iran’s nuclear facilities to assess the impact of US and Israeli military strikes and verify its stocks of enriched uranium. “This is the number 1 priority,” International Atomic Energy Agency chief Grossi told a news conference at an Austrian security cabinet meeting. He is seeking his inspectors’ return to Iranian sites including the three plants where it was enriching uranium until Israel launched strikes on 13 June. Asked if Iran had informed him of the status of its stocks of enriched uranium, particularly its uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to weapons grade, he pointed to a letter he received from Iran on June 13, saying Iran would take “special measures” to protect its nuclear materials and equipment.

Trump says Iranian nuclear capabilites ‘obliterated’ despite comments from UN watchdog Donald Trump has said “collected intelligence” since the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites...
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