The Financial Times has reported that according to preliminary intelligence assessments provided to European governments, Iran's stockpiles of highly enriched uranium remain mostly untouched following US strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities.

Source: Financial Times, citing two unnamed officials, as reported by "European Truth".

Details: According to sources, intelligence data suggests that Iran's stockpile of 408 kg of uranium, enriched to near weapons-grade levels, was not concentrated at Fordow, one of the two primary enrichment sites, at the time of the recent attack. Estimates indicate that it was distributed across various locations.

These conclusions challenge US President Donald Trump’s claims that the bombings "destroyed" Iran's nuclear program.

The sources indicated that EU governments are still awaiting a full intelligence report on the extent of the damage caused to the Fordow facility, which is built deep beneath a mountain near the holy city of Qom. According to them, one preliminary report indicated "significant damage, but not total destruction".

Iranian officials hinted that the enriched uranium stockpiles may have been moved prior to the US bombings, which occurred shortly after Israeli strikes in the country.

Trump rejects the preliminary assessment leaked to the American media, which suggests that Iran's nuclear program was set back only a few months due to the bombings.

This week, the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission stated that, in its estimate, the US and Israeli strikes "set Iran back many years in its development of nuclear weapons".

However, experts warned that if Tehran has maintained its enriched uranium stockpiles and has installed modern centrifuges at concealed sites, it may still be capable of producing fissile material necessary for weapon creation.

What happened earlier: Recently, the US president compared the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.