Final battle damage assessment of US strikes on Iran will be key in US push for Iran nuclear deal

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) As the Trump administration looks to quickly pivot from military strikes to a diplomatic deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the final military and intelligence assessment on the recent US strikes will be critical in informing what the Trump administration needs to accomplish in future Iran negotiations.

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will need to use that final battle damage assessment – including a detailed summary of the facilities’ damage and the locale of the nuclear material – to help formulate the US strategy for diplomatic efforts to completely halt the regime’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon in the future, current and former US officials explained.

“You’re not going to the negotiation assuming that the other side is going to tell you everything you need to know about the state of their program,” explained Pranay Vaddi, a former senior official for nonproliferation at the National Security Council.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/politics/damage-assessment-us-strikes-iran

[BootinUp]

1. snootful of propaganda. nt

[Girard442]

2. Had occurred to me that it's in Iran's interest for us to believe their nuclear weapons program is FUBAR...

...even if it's not.

TSF's interest too.

[Igel]

3. That's one possibility.

Then again, saying that out loud might leak back to triumphalist Iran, who won the war and nearly caused the "Zionist regime" to collapse, which is why they asked Iran to be gracious and agree to a ceasefire.

It makes sense--who pushes for a ceasefire when they're winning? Anybody who thinks otherwise is a fool, I guess.

It's an insight--a small one, to be sure--into the worldview and culture, but the fact that cultures have different approaches and values matters. A lot of Americans think cultures are really rather like us, except for things like food, fashion, folklore and other hugely important (no, not really, the core culture's been assume to be the same, the rest is basically the side dishes).

[Skittles]

4. I would not trust ANY "assessment" coming from Trump whores

NOPE