CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes,

U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites inflicted "serious and significant damage," Iran has acknowledged for the first time since the attack nearly a week ago.

Donald Trump triumphantly claimed that America “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme, after striking three sites with GBU-57 bunker busting bombs and tomahawk missiles, setting it back “basically decades”.