President Donald Trump yesterday insisted that US strikes led to the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, contrary to a leaked US intelligence report that assessed those did not destroy the core components of the programme and likely only set it back by months. 

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States would hold nuclear talks with Iran next week

The US strikes on Sunday hit key sites of Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz

Iran and Israel agreed a ceasefire on Tuesday ending 12 days of tit-for-tat strikes between the longtime foes.

Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was speaking to reporters at an Austrian cabinet meeting in Vienna.

"It was very severe. There was obliteration," he added.

Rubio dismissed the media reports as "false" and said they did not capture the full picture, according to Politico.

The move follows an air war with Israel in which Iran's longtime enemy said it wanted to prevent Tehran developing a nuclear weapon.

A survey released last week said 83% of Jewish Israelis supported the assault on Iran and pollsters said they expected Netanyahu's Likud party,

"We have achieved a historic victory," Netanyahu said in a televised address to the nation after the start of a ceasefire agreed to by both countries.

Trump said over the weekend that the US deployment of 30,000-pound bombs had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program.

"THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED!" the president posted on Truth Social.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would continue to "assert its legitimate rights" to the peaceful use of atomic power

A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appeared to be holding yesterday, after 12 days of strikes that saw Israel and the United States pummel the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities.

Trump criticised both Iran and Israel for what he said were violations of a ceasefire

In Tajrish bazaar in north Tehran, everyone had their own opinion on whether the end to the fighting announced by US President Donald Trump would last

"I'm not happy with Israel," he said

"Plans for restarting (the facilities) have been prepared in advance, and our strategy is to ensure that production and services are not disrupted," said the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

"If a ceasefire has indeed been achieved, this can only be welcomed," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Moscow hoped "that this will be a sustainable ceasefire".

Witnesses said they heard explosions near Tel Aviv and Beersheba in southern Israel before Trump's statement.