مسؤولون أمريكيون: لا معلومات حول حجم الأضرار بالمنشآت النووي الإيرانية

Experts from the American agency behind the bunker-busting bombs, which targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities in June, are still waiting for accurate data on the extent of the damage inflicted on those facilities.

Officials from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency announced to reporters in a press briefing yesterday (Thursday) that they currently do not have details on whether the bunker-busting munitions penetrated the depth they were intended for or not.

The extent of the damage to the Iranian nuclear facilities remains a matter of debate, as while

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed a "complete obliteration" of the facilities, a preliminary secret assessment conducted by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency suggested that the Iranian nuclear program may have been delayed by only a few months. The White House strongly criticized the publication of the report's findings, describing them as "fake news".

In Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Washington and Tehran have taken the Russian proposal regarding the transfer of surplus uranium from Iran seriously. It added that Iran insists on its right to enrich uranium on its territory, suggesting that Iranian enriched uranium be made a commercial product.

Russian media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as saying today (Friday) that Washington, Tehran, and the International Atomic Energy Agency have taken Russia's proposal regarding the transfer of surplus uranium from Iran seriously, but the matter has not yet reached the stage of discussing details.

He added: "We conveyed the proposal to both sides, as well as to the International Atomic Energy Agency," explaining that his idea aims to solve two problems at once. The first is that the Iranian side strongly insists on the importance of maintaining the right to carry out enrichment activities on its territory. The second is that we see that there are opponents of Tehran expressing their deep concern regarding the accumulation of enriched uranium in Iran beyond the levels typically used for manufacturing fuel for nuclear reactors.

Ryabkov pointed out that if Russia can transfer these materials and carry out the necessary work to produce fuel from them or manage them in a way that makes them a commercially viable product, it would be an effective solution to both of these problems simultaneously.

For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized in an interview with the French newspaper "Le Monde" that his country is proceeding with uranium enrichment and will not abandon its missile program, describing it as an integral part of its defensive and deterrent capabilities.