The US bombing of Iran’s key Fordo nuclear site has “seriously and heavily damaged” the facility, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said in an interview with CBS News broadcast Tuesday.

“No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordo. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged,” Aragchi said in the interview, which took place in Iran and was broadcast in two parts, on Monday and Tuesday.

“We need to wait and see if they are able to be relaunched or if they will be relaunched,” he said.

“The Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran is currently undertaking evaluation and assessment, the report of which will be submitted to the government,” he said through a translator. CBS did not say if it provided the translator.

US President Donald Trump has said the US strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, but US officials acknowledge it will take time to form a complete assessment of the damage caused by the US military strikes last month.

Intercepted Iranian communications downplayed the extent of damage caused by the strikes, the Washington Post reported Sunday, citing four people familiar with classified intelligence circulating within the US........

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