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(NewsNation) — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog said the United States did not wholly destruct Iran's atomic program, and that Tehran could apt statesman enriching uranium successful “months,” alternatively than decades, arsenic the White House has said.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, manager of the International Atomic Energy Agency, made the comments during a recorded interrogation with CBS connected Friday.
“They tin have, you know, successful a substance of months, I would say, a fewer cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, oregon little than that," Grossi said.
It's a timeline that sharply contrasts with that of the Trump administration, which maintains it "obliterated" Tehran's atomic ambitions erstwhile the U.S. attacked 3 atomic sites successful "Operation Midnight Hammer."
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi past Thursday said the strikes dealt “serious damage," and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission said Iran's capabilities were acceptable backmost "many years" connected Thursday.
But U.S. lawmakers stay divided astir the White House's connection choice.
“Their operational capableness was obliterated. There is cipher moving determination tonight. It was highly effective. There’s nary crushed to deed those sites anytime soon,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Democrats remained skeptical and criticized Trump for not providing Congress with much information. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said a caller briefing “raised much questions than it answered.”
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said the onslaught appears to “have lone acceptable backmost the Iranian atomic programme by a fistful of months.”
NewsNation's Anna Kutz contributed to this report.
