Almost three weeks into the Iran war, officials from the Trump administration testified publicly in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made headlines as she dodged several questions regarding the intention behind starting a war with Iran.
The hearing also came a day after the resignation of the Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, Joe Kent, due to the war in Iran.
Kent claimed that Tehran posed no imminent threat to the US and that the war was launched solely due to pressure from Israel.
During the 12-day war between Iran and Israel last year, the US stepped in with 'Operation Midnight Hammer', targeting three nuclear facilities and sites in Iran.
US President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has claimed that Washington completely 'obliterated' the Iranian nuclear programme.
Gabbard contradicted Trump and said that there had been no efforts from Iran to rebuild its programme.
Trump also stated in his SOTU address that Iran was building an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would see reach the US.
Gabbard's remarks once again contradicted the president's after she said that the intelligence community's assessment stayed the same as before, which is that Iran had made no attempt to restart its programme.
