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Erin Burnett OutFront

Early U.S. Intel: Strikes Did Not Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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According to an early United States intelligence assessment, the United States’ strikes on Iran did not destroy its nuclear sites. This assessment comes in spite of Trump’s claim the sites were totally obliterated. Plus, Iran claims victory as the world waits to see if a fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel holds back a broader war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Outfront next, live from the Middle East, the breaking news this hour.

0:06.0

The U.S. strikes on Iran did not destroy Iran's nuclear sites.

0:10.7

This is according to an early U.S. intelligence assessment.

0:14.8

This assessment comes in spite of Trump's claims they were, quote, totally obliterated.

0:20.1

We have much more new reporting

0:21.4

ahead breaking this hour.

0:23.6

Also breaking this hour, Iran claiming victory.

0:26.7

As the world waits to see if this fragile ceasefire holds back a broad war, as one Iranian

0:32.6

tells CNN, if the Ayatollah calls for jihad, there will be jihad.

0:37.3

We'll take you live to Tehran.

0:39.2

And where is the Supreme Leader tonight?

0:41.3

More than 24 hours since he has spoken out a one-sentence tweet, raising way more questions

0:47.0

than answers.

0:48.0

Let's go out front.

0:51.3

And good evening.

0:52.4

I'm Aaron Burnett.

0:53.2

And welcome to a special edition of Outfront. We begin with the breaking news here in the Middle East where a fragile ceasefire could fall apart at any moment, but right now is holding. CNN tonight also reporting that Trump's military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities did not destroy Tehran's enrichment facilities. This is according to

1:12.7

sources who have seen an early and classified U.S. intelligence assessment of the strikes.

1:18.6

Now, this is one assessment among many that will get. It's a very early one, but it is a major

1:23.9

development and one that CNN is first to the report. The report could have huge implications for where I'm standing tonight here along the

1:31.2

Strait of Hormuz, just behind us to the north, Iran, which, according to this early

1:36.3

assessment, the U.S. strikes only set back that Iranian nuclear ambitions backed by a few

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