Overview
- On CBS’s Face the Nation, Sen. Ted Cruz said he has no indication Iran was anywhere close to a nuclear weapon after last June’s U.S.-Israeli strikes.
- Cruz asserted the campaign took out the vast majority of Iran’s program and described bunker-buster attacks on sites such as Fordow as the equivalent of about a third of a nuclear weapon.
- He acknowledged lacking present-day intelligence on Iran’s rebuilding progress but said Tehran sought to restore capabilities and that he urged President Trump to act now.
- CBS host Margaret Brennan noted the intelligence assessment Cruz cited has not been made public.
- In a Fox News interview and a separate online video, President Trump claimed Iran would have had a bomb within two weeks without the strikes and vowed to destroy its missile industry.