One of the three facilities received extensive damage. The other two were not damaged as much and there, uranium enrichment can be resumed within the next few months, according to a new assessment of the damage after the US bombings in June, according to five people with insight for NBC News.
The US President Donald Trump was informed of an alternative plan that would have meant a much larger attack in Iran, writes NBC with reference to source information. The plan would have meant attacks on more facilities in an operation that would have lasted for several weeks instead of just one night,
Trump is said to have rejected the alternative because he wants the US to withdraw from conflicts abroad, not get deeper into them, as well as the risk of casualties on both sides, according to the information.
Shortly after the bombings, Trump claimed that Iran's nuclear program had been "wiped out", which was contradicted by classified preliminary reports from the Pentagon.
Iran claims that the country's nuclear energy program serves peaceful purposes and is not driven to acquire an atomic bomb, which many other countries fear.
