Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell revealed the timetable the US has set back Iran’s nuclear program following the successful bombing of several Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Speaking to the reporters on Wednesday during a press briefing, Parnell said that the Department of Defense’s intelligence assessments of the damage around the Iranian nuclear sites of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan are that those facilities have been obliterated. (31:07 minute mark).
Parnell talked about the airstrikes President Donald Trump authorized to take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities and said it has “degraded” the Islamic State’s nuclear program by “one to two years,” The Hill reported.
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When pressed by a reporter about the assessment, 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