WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war. Tulsi Gabbard, a Trump ally who is director of national intelligence, offered mixed signals on the backdrop and outcomes of three weeks of war as she and other officials appeared before Congress She also assessed that Iran’s leadership remained intact. “As a result of Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated,” Gabbard said in prepared testimony to the Senate intelligence committee, referring to the June 2025 U.S. attack. “There has been no efforts since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability,” Gabbard wrote. She did not repeat the conclusion before cameras. Pressed by a Democratic senator, Gabbard said that she did not have enough time to read the full testimony at the hearing but did not refute the assessment. Trump has repeatedly said he ordered the attack on Iran alongside Israel on February 28 bec
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