What the evidence shows
PolitiFact reported on August 19, 2026 that the 2025 U.S. strikes set back Iran's nuclear program but did not eliminate it, and that this year's war has not further weakened it. Experts said the U.S. has not secured Iran's highly enriched uranium, and Matthew Bunn of Harvard said Iran still has enough stockpiled to produce a dozen or more nuclear weapons over time.
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