Israel National News reports: “The United States believes its recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have significantly set back Iran’s nuclear capabilities by up to two years, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday.

‘We have degraded their program by one to two years. At least, intel assessments inside the department assess that,’ Parnell told reporters, adding, ‘We’re thinking probably closer to two years, like degraded their program by two years.’

According to Parnell, the assessment regarding the damage to three key Iranian nuclear sites remains unchanged. He described the targeted facilities as ‘completely obliterated.’

‘We believe that Iran’s nuclear capability has been severely degraded, perhaps even their ambition to build a bomb,’ Parnell added, noting that intelligence assessments are still ongoing…”