Shh, don’t tell CNN. Don’t tell the New York Times.

But Iran’s foreign ministry is admitting that the U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites did do some serious damage to their facilities.

Iran publicly admitted for the first time Wednesday that its nuclear sites were “badly damaged” by the American bunker-busting bombs.

As we’ve reported, CNN and The New York Times have been claiming that the attacks didn’t do that much damage and only set the regime’s nuclear weapon hopes back by mere months, not years. The Trump administration is furious at the alleged leak of a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report that alleged— with low confidence—that the attacks were not particularly successful. 

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But the long arm of the law is coming after whoever leaked the preliminary report, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Katie Pavlich at our sister site Townhall reports:

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Speaking to reporters at the NATO Summit Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth revealed a criminal leak investigation is underway after top secret intelligence was illegally shared to undermine U.S. military strikes on Iran's nuclear program. 

"When you actually look at the report, by the way it was a top secret report, it was preliminary, it was low confidence, you make assessments based on what you know," Hegseth told Townhall ahead of a meeting with the NATO delegation. "We're doing a leak investigation with the FBI right now because this information is for internal purposes, battle damage assessments."

"CNN and others are trying to spin it to make the President look bad when it was an overwhelming success," he continued. 

NEWS: At NATO, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says a criminal leak investigation is underway after top secret intelligence was released to undermine the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear program

Secretary Rubio adds: These are professional “stabbers” manipulating intelligence… pic.twitter.com/j71rWQXlzW

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) June 25, 2025

Secretary Rubio adds: These are professional “stabbers” manipulating intelligence POTUS: We “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear sites, set it back years

The mainstream corrupt legacy media has an agenda, Hegseth argued, and that is to “get Trump” no matter what the facts are: