Trump Lashes Out Against Israel, Iran Amid Fragile Ceasefire

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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According to an early US intelligence assessment, the United States strikes on Iran did not destroy their nuclear sites. Instead, only setting back their program by months. The White House is strongly pushing back tonight. What does this all mean for the next steps in the region? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:34.6	Welcome to the lead.
0:35.6	I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper along with Anderson Cooper in Tel Aviv. Our breaking news. Welcome to the lead. I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper, along with Anderson Cooper in Tel Aviv.
0:40.3	Our breaking news, as we watch the skies above Tel Aviv amid a shaky ceasefire with Iran,
0:46.3	CNN has learned that a U.S. military assessment of strikes on three nuclear facilities this weekend
0:53.3	did not destroy the core components of Iran's nuclear program,
0:57.8	likely only setting it back by months.
1:00.6	Now, important to note, sources underscore this is according to an early U.S. intelligence
1:05.5	assessment that was described by three people briefed on it.
1:11.0	That's right, and the White House acknowledged the existence of this assessment, but said it was,
1:16.2	in their words, flat out wrong. Now, the intelligence is still very much a work in progress.
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