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Iran’s supreme leader insisted that the United States “not achieved achievements” from strikes of its nuclear facilities in its first public address, as the cessation of the fire with Israel was agreed on Tuesday.
Ayatola Ali Hamenei said the strikes had “achieved nothing meaningful” to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program and described the revenge against an American air base in Qatar as a “heavy blow”.
He came when Washington doubled in his assessment that strikes seriously returned Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Heget said intelligence collected by the US and Israel said the operation had “destroyed” the program.
US President Donald Trump said strikes against three key nuclear sites inside Iran “completely delete” them and fiercely responded to messages citing unnamed US officials suggesting that the damage may have been less extensive From expected.
Spotting himself with senior General Dan Kane at a Pentagon press conference on Thursday morning, Heget said the mission was a “historical success” that “made” Iranian) facilities for enriching the non -working.
During the sometimes combat exchange with reporters, Heget also said the United States “is not aware of any intelligence,” which shows that the enriched Uranus has moved from Fordo – the deeply buried facility that the United States is aimed at with powerful so -called. Buster bombs – before the impact.
Hamenei, who was not largely public after the direct conflict with Israel broke out on June 13, released a television address Thursday morning, ending a weekly public silence.
It is reported that the Supreme Leader shelters in a bunker and restricts communications, which caused speculation about his location. The Iranian authorities did not reveal where he was talking on Thursday, although a senior official admitted that he was in a safe place earlier this week.
Hamenei uses a video address on Thursday to threaten to make more strikes on US bases in the Middle East if Iran is attacked again, and announced victory over Israel and the US.
Hamenei said Trump had “exaggerated” the impact of nuclear objects, adding: “They could not achieve anything and did not reach their goal.”
Referring to the attack on the US Air Base in Qatar, Hamenei said: “This incident is also repetitive in the future, and if any attack is carried out, the price of the enemy and aggressor will undoubtedly be very high.”
No one was killed during this attack that Trump said he was marked before he was launched. The US is said to have not been damaged.
On June 13, a direct confrontation between Iran and Israel broke out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that “if it is not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time.”
A day earlier the Global Board of Nuclear Guardian Governors The declared Iran violates its non -proliferation obligations For the first time in 20 years.
Iran claims that his nuclear program is for civil purposes only and that she has never sought to develop a nuclear weapon.
On Thursday, Iran approved a parliamentary bill calling for the termination of the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which means that he no longer committed to allow nuclear inspectors in his sites.
The Iranian Health Ministry said 610 people were killed during the 12th days of air attacks, while the Israeli authorities said 28 were killed.
The United States joined last weekend, striking facilities in Fordo, Nathan and Isfahan, before Trump tried to quickly mediate to stop the fire between Israel and Iran.
The termination of fire at the beginning appeared trepid
The boss of the UN nuclear guard Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday that Tehran was likely to have moved much of his highly enriched uranium Elsewhere when I attack.