Overview
- On CBS’s Face the Nation, Sen. Ted Cruz said he has no indication Iran is anywhere close to obtaining a nuclear weapon following last June’s U.S.-Israeli strikes.
- Cruz cited last year’s intelligence to claim Iran had an active weapons program and that the 12-Day War strikes took out the vast majority of it.
- He described powerful bunker-buster attacks on underground sites such as Fordow, calling the bombing devastating.
- Cruz acknowledged he does not have current intelligence on any Iranian efforts to rebuild, and host Margaret Brennan noted the assessment he referenced has not been made public.
- In a separate Fox News interview, President Trump asserted Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks if the strikes had not occurred, underscoring a sharper threat framing than Cruz’s.