Tulsi Gabbard, a staunch Trump loyalist, previously relayed reports that Tehran was not working on a nuclear weapon

U.S. strikes on multiple Iranian nuclear facilities last month set back Tehran's nuclear program by about two years, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disclosed during a press briefing. "Iran is much further away today from a nuclear weapon than they were before the president took bold action to fulfill his promise to the American people,

The Tehran Research Reactor – an aging facility that still runs today – arrived in Iran as part of the Eisenhower-era “Atoms for Peace” programme. It was meant to share nuclear science with allies during the Cold War.