Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack

[highplainsdem]

Source: Washington Post

The United States obtained intercepted communication between senior Iranian officials discussing this month’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they had expected, said four people familiar with the classified intelligence circulating within the U.S. government.

The communication, intended to be private, included Iranian government officials speculating as to why the strikes directed by President Donald Trump were not as destructive and extensive as they anticipated, these people said. Like some others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence.

The intercepted signals intelligence is the latest preliminary information offering a more complicated picture than the one conveyed by the president, who has said the operation “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program.

The Trump administration did not dispute the existence of the intercepted communications, which have not been previously reported, but strenuously disagreed with the Iranians’ conclusions and cast doubt on their ability to assess the damage at the three nuclear facilities targeted in the U.S. operation.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/29/trump-iran-nuclear-damage-intercepted-call/

[Skittles]

1. pretty sad

when we believe these folk over ANYTHING coming from Trump whores

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. When it comes to assessment, boots on the ground / underground / under cover, tend to outperform satellites

But of course the RepubliConners expect to con everyone with "strenuously disagreed with the Iranians’ conclusions and cast doubt on their ability to assess the damage at the three nuclear facilities targeted in the U.S. operation". At this point only core maga is going to get taken in, although the rest of maga will repeat it just as much as the core.