Trump officials brief Senate on Iran strikes after Pentagon shares new details

• Questions unanswered: The Trump administration is projecting confidence in the success of last weekend’s strikes in Iran, but has not provided new intelligence supporting President Donald Trump’s claim that its nuclear program was “obliterated.” The US Senate received a classified briefing on Iran today, with Democrats and Republicans emerging with divergent narratives.

• Effort to revive talks: Tehran has no plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the US, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday. Meanwhile, sources tell CNN the Trump administration is engaged in secret diplomatic efforts to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table.

• New details: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said it was clear the US strikes “would neutralize the surrounding infrastructure,” but wouldn’t eliminate Iran’s nuclear material itself. Separately, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed that Iran attempted to cover the shafts of its nuclear facilities with concrete ahead of the attack.

Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, offered a cautious assessment of US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities after Trump administration officials gave a classified briefing to the chamber on Thursday.

“Clearly, damage was inflicted on the Iranian nuclear program,” Warner said, though he added that “it is going to take time to get a final assessment of how much damage.”