Pentagon Reveals Timetable It Has Set Back Iran’s | Political News
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell revealed the timetable the US has set back Iran’s nuclear program following the profitable bombing of a number of Iranian nuclear services.
Speaking to the reporters on Wednesday during a press briefing, Parnell stated that the Department of Defense’s intelligence assessments of the injury around the Iranian nuclear websites of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan are that those services have been obliterated. (31:07 minute mark).
Parnell talked about the airstrikes President Donald Trump approved to take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities and stated it has “degraded” the Islamic State’s nuclear program by “one to two years,” The Hill reported.
LIVE: Chief Pentagon Spokesman @SeanParnellATSD holds a information briefing at the Pentagon. https://t.co/WAs0CRqfmD
— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) July 2, 2025
When pressed by a reporter about the evaluation, he responded, “I think we’re thinking probably closer to two years, like degraded their program by two years.”
“We believe, and certainly, all of the intelligence that we’ve seen has led us to believe that Iran ‘s-those facilities especially have been completely obliterated,” Parnell continued, while noting that the evaluation will proceed.
The feedback backed up Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s, who not too long ago excoriated the media for “releasing leaked classified data to the public and creating a false narrative that the mission was less successful than had been claimed,” as RedState wrote.
“I mean specifically you, the press, specifically you, the press corps,” he stated, pointing straight at reporters in the room. “Because you cheer against Trump so hard, it’s in your DNA and in your blood to cheer against Trump, because you want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy of these strikes. You have to hope maybe they weren’t effective.”
“‘Maybe the way the Trump administration is representative isn’t true,'” Hegseth continued, suggesting this is the mindset of the journalism industry.
“So let’s take half-truths, spun information, leaked information, and then spin it, spin it in every way we can to try to cause doubt and manipulate the mind, the public mind, over whether or not our brave pilots were successful.”
Later, Hegesth criticized the media for not reporting on the boys and girls who “carried out a dangerous 36-hour flight through enemy territory,” RedState famous.
“How many stories have been written about how hard it is to, I don’t know, fly a plane for 36 hours? Has MSNBC done that story? Has Fox?” the Defense Secretary requested. “Have we done the story? How hard that is?”
“There are so many aspects of what our brave men and women did that because of the hatred of this press corps are undermined because people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn’t successful. It’s irresponsible.”
President Trump has praised the mission, touting that the US had obliterated the Islamic State’s key enrichment services. He also slammed the pretend information for its reporting, claiming the operation wasn’t a success.
In a post on Monday on his Truth Social, the president reacted to stories on CNN and different information organizations that appeared to downplay the success of the US strikes on a number of Iranian nuclear websites when they used language like “partially destroyed” to describe the operation.
It got here after Trump’s post asserting that the services had been obliterated.
Donald J. Trump Truth Social 06.23.25 02:10 PM EST pic.twitter.com/0edCdYvSqc
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDay by dayPosts) June 23, 2025
“The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it,” Trump’s post learn. “Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — and even they say they were ‘pretty well destroyed!'”
“Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison [Anderson] Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of ‘Con’cast, Jonny [Jonathan] Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast’s [Comcast] NBC Fake News,” the president added. “It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!”
Say it with me, “Trump was right again!”
Stay up to date with the newest developments in politics! Our web site is your go-to source for cutting-edge political information, election updates, authorities insurance policies, political events, marketing campaign methods, and insights into laws. We replace our content material each day to guarantee you could have access to the freshest data and evaluation on voter rights, public opinion, political evaluation, election outcomes, political debates, international relations, corruption, activism, and civic engagement.
Explore how these political trends are shaping the long run! Visit us recurrently for probably the most participating and informative political content material by clicking right here. Our rigorously curated articles will keep you knowledgeable on grassroots actions, worldwide relations, coverage adjustments, and constitutional points.
