00:00It all started with a bang.
00:02This was the moment the U.S. unleashed Operation Midnight Hammer.
00:07B-2 stealth bombers piercing through Iranian skies.
00:11Bunker busters locked in.
00:13Targets.
00:14Iran's nuclear triangle.
00:16Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan.
00:20President Donald Trump was quick to call it a spectacular success,
00:24claiming the strikes set Iran's nuclear program back by decades.
00:28He even likened it to Hiroshima,
00:32a staggering statement with heavy historical undertones.
00:36A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes
00:40on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime,
00:47Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
00:50I told to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.
00:57But days later, it all seems to be fading with a whimper.
01:04Hold that applause for a moment.
01:06Enter the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA,
01:10with a classified assessment that's now making global headlines.
01:14According to their preliminary findings,
01:16the strikes caused severe damage above ground,
01:20but did not destroy Iran's underground nuclear infrastructure.
01:24Fordow, buried deep in a mountain, survived.
01:28Iran says it did suffer serious damage,
01:31but much of the enriched uranium was moved just days before the strike.
01:35So, what about their centrifuges?
01:39Largely intact according to intelligence leaks.
01:42Trump insists they didn't have time to move anything,
01:46but Iranian officials claim they saw it coming.
01:50Even a ParLimit advisor publicly confirmed
01:52the Fordow facility was evacuated in advance.
01:56So, can IAEA throw some light?
02:00Well, the UN nuclear watchdog says full damage assessments are impossible right now,
02:05but the underground hit is likely not total.
02:08So, what are the possibilities?
02:11Scenario 1.
02:13The US inflicted symbolic but limited damage,
02:16good optics, minimal strategic shift.
02:19Scenario 2.
02:21Iranic preempted the strikes,
02:23protecting its most sensitive assets.
02:26Scenario 3.
02:27Trump overstated success to project power and manage electoral optics.
02:33The US showcased its might, but didn't end the nuclear threat,
02:37and in this post-strike fog,
02:40the truth may lie somewhere between Trump's triumph and intelligence restraint.
02:46Meanwhile, currently, Aswan India has known
02:49that the US and Iran are engaged in both direct talks and through intermediaries
02:54about getting back to the table after Israeli and US strikes
02:57against Iran's nuclear facilities.
03:00A bang.
03:01Or a whimper.
03:02That's for the leaders to decide.
03:04The common man, however, would love peace to prevail
03:07and breathe a sigh of relief.
03:09All's well, that ends well.
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