Trump says Iran nuclear programme set back ‘decades’

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President Donald Trump insisted that US strikes resulted in the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, setting the country’s atomic programme back by “decades”, AFP reports.

“They’re not going to be building bombs for a long time,” Trump said.

US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June 25. — Reuters
US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June 25. — Reuters

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