Pentagon, FBI launch probe into leaked report on US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites

The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said on Wednesday that an investigation has been launched into the leak of a classified assessment on the US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, describing the report as “preliminary” and of “low-confidence.”

Following last weekend’s unprecedented US bombing operation against three Iranian nuclear sites, including the notorious Fordow, conflicting reports have emerged over how much impact those strikes had.

Low-level intelligence assessments from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) leaked to US media this week suggested that Iran may still have a majority of its nuclear capabilities intact.

“This is a preliminary, low confidence assessment – not a final conclusion – and will continue to be refined as additional intel becomes available,” a senior DIA official said.

“We have still not been able to review the actual physical sites themselves, which will give us the best indication,” the official said.

Iran admitted on Wednesday that its nuclear sites were “badly damaged” by the 30,000-pound bombs dropped by American B-2 bombers as well as the dozens of Tomahawk missiles fired by a US-guided missile submarine.

US President Donald Trump and his administration have slammed the leaked DIA report and played it down. “The way the media has presented the report is contradicted by the IAEA, the Iranians themselves, and the administration’s political and defense leadership. More importantly, the media’s reports are contradicted by common sense,” Vice President JD Vance said in a post on X. “President Trump has obliterated the Iranian nuclear program. The American media seems destined to obliterate their own credibility on this fake story,” he added.