US Vice President JD Vance, when asked in an interview with ABC network if Iran's nuclear facilities were "destroyed" in the American strike as President Donald Trump claims, responded: "Heavily damaged versus destroyed - I'm not sure exactly what the difference is." He hinted that Iran's enriched uranium stockpile may not have been destroyed, saying that "we're going to work in the coming weeks to make sure we do something with that fuel, and that's one of the things we're going to have discussions with the Iranians about."

