U.S. airstrikes over the weekend targeting three of Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core elements of the country’s nuclear program and likely delayed progress by only a few months, according to an initial assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The classified report, based on battle damage analysis by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), was recently shared with CNN, Fox News, and other outlets.

According to the report, the strike on the Fordow nuclear site in central Iran failed to eliminate Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium, which was reportedly buried but not destroyed. The centrifuges used for uranium enrichment are believed to remain largely “intact,” and intelligence suggests that an unknown quantity of enriched uranium was moved to a secret location prior to the attacks.

These findings appear to contradict public claims by President Trump and senior administration officials, who maintain that the strikes “completely obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the report, calling it “flat-out wrong” and criticizing the leak as a politically motivated attempt to undermine the president and the success of the mission. “Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on target: total obliteration,” she said.

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, offered a more measured response. “I’ve been briefed on this plan before. It was never designed to fully destroy the nuclear infrastructure but to inflict serious damage. We always understood it would be a temporary setback,” he told reporters.

Classified briefings on the operation for both chambers of Congress were abruptly canceled on Tuesday. The House briefing has been postponed indefinitely, while the Senate session has reportedly been rescheduled for Thursday.