US President Donald Trump Friday threatened to sue the New York Times and CNN (CNN) , the New York Times reported, the reason is that the two US media published an assessment report after the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying that this attack only delayed the Iranian nuclear program for a few months, this contradicts US officials’ claims that Iran’s nuclear facilities have been“Completely destroyed”.
According to the report, a personal lawyer for Donald Trump wrote to the New York Times claiming the report had damaged the president’s reputation and demanding a “Retraction and apology”. In the letter, the lawyer accused the report of being“False”, “Defamatory” and“Unpatriotic”.
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The New York Times on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s request. The paper said Donald Trump administration officials had subsequently confirmed the report, published by US Defense Intelligence Agency, and its conclusions. “There is no need to withdraw,” wrote Davy McCraw, the paper’s legal adviser.
“We will not apologise,” he added. “We did our best to tell the truth and will continue to do so.”
CNN was among the first to report on the preliminary intelligence assessment. A CNN spokesman confirmed that the media had received similar legal threats from Donald Trump and had responded.
Earlier, CNN reported on “Preliminary assessment shows U.S. military strikes fail to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities.” The report, which was provided by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, said: Previous US strikes on Iran’s three nuclear facilities have not destroyed the core of its centrifuges used to enrich uranium, “Still intact.”. “The New York Times” also said that the U. S. military strike only sealed the entrance to the two nuclear facilities, and did not destroy its underground buildings. Iran’s nuclear program may be delayed, but the delay is not expected to exceed six months. Donald Trump later responded on social media that it was “Fake news,” while White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt offered an intriguing response, saying “This so-called assessment is completely wrong.”, it was classified as“Top secret” and leaked to CNN by nobody in the Intelligence Community.
The Iranian government has taken the necessary measures to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program can continue after the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran of Israeli and American military strikes, the Iranian president, Mohammad Islami, said Tuesday. The Iraqi side is assessing the losses caused by the military strike and has taken the necessary measures. “The restart plan has been prepared in advance and our strategy is to ensure that production and services are not disrupted,” Eslami said in a statement broadcast on Iranian state television. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bajaer said in an Al Jazeera interview on the 25th that the country’s nuclear facilities were “Severely damaged” after “Multiple attacks” by Israel and the US. In an interview with French media, International Atomic Energy Agency Venetian Grosso said it was a “Political assessment” that US air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were “Decades” behind the nuclear program of Iran, it is not my intention to criticize this claim, but Iran’s nuclear facilities have been seriously damaged.