US intel says war on Iran has not set back Iran's nuclear programme: Report

US intel says war on Iran has not set back Iran's nuclear programme: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 16:41 US assessment of Iran's timeline to make a nuclear bomb is still roughly one year, despite two months of war A man holds a poster of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and his son Ayatollah Mojataba Khamenei, the new supreme leader, during a rally to show solidarity with the new leadership, in Tehran, on 29 April 2026 (AFP) Off The US-Israeli war on Iran has caused only “minimal damage” to Iran’s nuclear programme, meaning that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, according to a US intelligence assessment reported by Reuters. US intelligence agencies had assessed that before the US’s June 2025 attack, Iran could likely produce enough bomb-grade uranium for a weapon and build a bomb in around three to six months, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two sources. As a result of the US bombing the Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear complexes, US intelligence pushed back their timeline from about nine months to a year.