Pentagon Confirms Up to 2-Year Nuclear Setback for Iran; Netanyahu Warns 'No Hamas' After Ceasefire -CBN NewsWatch - July 3, 2025

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – The U.S. Defense Department estimates Iran's nuclear program was set back by as much as two years, as Israel and Hamas apparently are moving closer to another ceasefire agreement, including a hostage exchange.

Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Wednesday backed President Donald Trump's assertion that U.S. and Israeli strikes "obliterated" Iran's major nuclear sites. "All of the intelligence that we've seen has led us to believe that Iran's – those facilities, especially – have been completely obliterated," Parnell said.

He added that the action set back Iran's nuclear ambitions by one or two years. "I think we're thinking probably closer to two years, like degraded their program by two years," he estimated.