Washington Post: US Had No Fresh Intel on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Washington Post reports the US had no intel on Iranian nuclear or missile gains before Epicheskaya Yarost, while Teheran and the IAEA deny a weapons program.
According to journalists from The Washington Post, before the start of the US operation «Epicheskaya Yarost» American authorities did not have intelligence indicating that Teheran had achieved any new breakthroughs in its nuclear or missile programs.
The reporters write that several US officials with access to classified materials told them there was no information pointing to any sudden, alarming progress by Iran in either its missile or nuclear projects prior to the strikes.
One former US intelligence officer said that what worried analysts most was not fresh data about new technologies, but the speed at which Iran had allegedly managed to restore its missile program after the «Polunochny Molot» operation in June of last year.
Teheran, for its part, has repeatedly insisted that its nuclear project is not military in nature. Earlier, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated that agency inspectors had not seen concrete evidence that the Islamic Republic was running a program to develop nuclear weapons.