Iran Strikes Set Back Nuke Program by Up to Two Years, US Says
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said allies share the US sentiment about the degradation of Iran's nuclear abilities 'and the fact that we have degraded their program by one to two years — at least the intel assessments inside the department assess that.'
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