US Defense Minister Beit Higseth carries a briefing in the Pentagon, after the United States struck Iranian nuclear installations, during the Israeli conflict, Iran, in Arlington, Virginia, on June 22, 2025, in this fixed image taken from the video.
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defense minister Higseth House On Sunday, he said that “Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been blurred,” hours after the United States attacking three Nuclear nuclear nuclear Fertility facilities.
Higseth, who praised the president Donald Trump He said, “It was concentrated, he was strong, and it was clear,” The mission was not late at night, “not about the change of the regime” in Iran.
He said during a press conference early in the morning: “The President authorized a precision process to neutralize the threats of our national interest that the Iranian nuclear program puts out and the collective self -defense of our forces and our ally Israel.”
Higseth was echoing with statements made by Trump Late Saturday After the attacks, when he praised the “destruction of the ability of Iranian nuclear enrichment”.
The full range of damage to Iranian nuclear capabilities was not immediately clear.
The Chairman of the Committee, General Dan Kane, said on Sunday that there is “severe damage and destruction” of the facilities in FordoNatanz and Safhan, but they did not say to the point that the Iranian nuclear capabilities are “bound.”
“The final battle damage will take some time, but the assessments of the initial battle damage indicate that all three sites have been severely damaged and severely destroyed,” Kane said.
This is urgent news and will be updated.
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2025-06-22 12:51:00