A map of Iran's nuclear facilities. (Fox News)
"The devastating U.S. strike on Fordo destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable," Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission said. "We assess that the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other elements of Iran’s military nuclear program, has set back Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years."
It added: "The achievement can continue indefinitely if Iran does not get access to nuclear material."
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And as for the United States, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan "Razin" Caine said that initial battle damage assessments indicate that "all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction."
"More than 125 U.S. aircraft participated in this mission, including B-2 stealth bombers, multiple flights of fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens and dozens of air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine, and a full array of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals," Caine said in a press briefing.
President Donald Trump held a press conference after the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)
And Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted the report and said that Iran’s nuclear program "today looks nothing like it did just a week ago."
"That story is a false story, and it’s one that really shouldn’t be re-reported because it doesn’t accurately reflect what’s happening," Rubio said. "Everything underneath that mountain is in bad shape."
Rubio also added that "there is no way Iran comes to the table if somehow nothing had happened."
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"This was complete and total obliteration. They are in bad shape," Rubio said. "They are way behind today compared to where they were just seven days ago because of what President Trump did."
Even the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi assessed that "very significant damage is expected to have occurred."
President Donald Trump, right, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a group photo of NATO heads of state and government at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/The Associated Press)
"At the Esfahan nuclear site, additional buildings were hit, with the US confirming their use of cruise missiles," he said, according to prepared remarks for the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"Affected buildings include some related to the uranium conversion process," he said. "Also at this site, entrances to tunnels used for the storage of enriched material appear to have been hit. At the Natanz enrichment site, the Fuel Enrichment Plant was hit, with the U.S. confirming that it used ground-penetrating munitions."
Meanwhile, Trump has been in the Netherlands at the NATO Summit, where he was met with praise from allies on his "decisive" action in Iran.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Trump as a "man of strength" and a "man of peace" during Wednesday's summit.
"I just want to recognize your decisive action on Iran," Rutte said at the start of his joint remarks with the president. "You are a man of strength, but you are also a man of peace. And the fact that you are now also successful in getting this ceasefire done between Israel and Iran — I really want to commend you for that. I think this is important for the whole world."
The president on Wednesday declared that the United States would strike Iran again if the country attempts to rebuild its nuclear program.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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