The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has concluded that US President Donald Trump's claim of "destruction" of Iran's nuclear facilities may be exaggerated, The Guardian reports.

According to a report by the Pentagon's intelligence agency, key components of Iran's nuclear program, including centrifuges, could be restarted within months. The report also states that much of Iran's highly enriched uranium, which could be used to build a potential nuclear weapon, has been moved in advance and is likely being stored at other secret atomic facilities under Iranian control.

The DIA's findings are based on preliminary damage assessments conducted by US Central Command. They suggest that Trump's claim of "destruction" of the facilities may be exaggerated.

Trump, in a televised address on Saturday night, immediately after the airstrikes, declared that the United States had destroyed Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, where enriched uranium was stored. "The strikes were a great military success. Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and utterly destroyed. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace," Trump said in the speech.

However, according to one of the sources in the DIA report, preliminary data indicates that the Fordow facility, in particular, was not destroyed, so further assessments may show that the damage was less severe.

The White House, in turn, denied this assessment, which CNN first reported. "The leak of this alleged report is intended to discredit President Trump and the brave pilots who carried out a flawless operation to destroy Iran's nuclear program," said White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt.