Middle East & Africa | America at war
Trump’s Iran attack was ambitious. But has it actually worked?
Assessing the wreckage of the regime’s nuclear dream
|5 min read
Editor’s note (June 24th 2025): A preliminary American intelligence assessment leaked to the press reportedly determined that the air strikes carried out by the Trump administration set back Iran’s nuclear programme by a few months, but did not destroy it.
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