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#us-intelligence

Mojtaba was announced as supreme leader on March 9 after his fellow hardliners rallied behind him to succeed his father. His public response was limited to a written statement on Telegram three days later, intensifying the speculation about how badly he was wounded during Israel's strike on his father's residence.

but it originated around 450 miles away at China's main nuclear test site, known as Lop Nur, according to Christopher Yeaw, the assistant secretary for arms control and nonproliferation at the State Department. "There is very little possibility that it is anything other than an explosion, a singular explosion," Yeaw said at an event hosted Tuesday by the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. "It is quite consistent with what you would expect from a nuclear explosive test."

The United States had evidence last year that Israeli officials discussed how their soldiers sent Palestinians into tunnels in Gaza that the Israelis believed were potentially lined with explosives, two former US officials have told the Reuters news agency. The information was shared with the White House and analysed by the intelligence community in the final weeks of former President Joe Biden's administration, the officials said.

This is a reporter who has been unfortunately used by people who dislike Donald Trump in this government to push fake and false narratives, Leavitt said. She should be ashamed of herself.

Trump has a long history of publicly undermining and disputing conclusions made by US intelligence agencies, especially regarding Iran, Russia, and North Korea.

In 2024, U.S. intelligence agencies significantly increased their use of search terms to query communications of U.S. persons, igniting privacy concerns and calls for reform.

Michael Alexander Gloss, a 21-year-old soldier in the Russian army and son of a U.S. intelligence officer, was killed in Ukraine, raising questions about his affiliation.