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The 7

Iran’s nuclear program; New York’s Zohran Mamdani; Bezos wedding; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Wednesday, June 25. The seven stories you need to know today. 


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0:00.0

An initial report suggests that Iran's nuclear program was only set back a few months by U.S. strikes.

0:12.0

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, June 25th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:24.2

Early on Sunday, the U.S. launch strikes on Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities.

0:30.9

Shortly after, President Donald Trump said they had been completely and totally obliterated.

0:37.0

But an initial assessment from the Defense

0:39.0

Intelligence Agency, first reported by CNN yesterday, cast significant doubt on that claim.

0:45.9

According to people familiar with the report, core components of Iran's nuclear effort

0:50.8

were damaged but not destroyed. U.S. intelligence reports also indicate that Iran moved

0:57.2

multiple batches of its highly enriched uranium before the strikes. The White House pushed back on the

1:03.8

report's conclusions while not denying its existence. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt wrote on

1:10.1

X that it was an alleged assessment and that it was flat out wrong

1:14.0

and that it was leaked by a, quote, low-level loser in the intelligence community.

1:20.1

The news of the report came the day after Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel after 12 days of fighting.

1:28.2

Earlier yesterday, Trump had an extraordinary display of anger accusing both Iran and Israel

1:34.6

of breaching the ceasefire.

1:36.8

Oh, warning to listeners, he did use a swear word.

1:39.5

You know what, we have, we basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard

1:45.5

that they don't know what the fuck they're doing. Do you understand that?

1:50.0

The ceasefire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding this morning.

2:08.2

Number two, there was a major upset in the New York City mayoral primary yesterday.

2:17.2

Last night, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo conceded the Democratic primary to a 33-year-old newcomer.

2:22.6

Zoran Mamdani is a New York Assembly member and a Democratic Socialist.

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