Fox anchor questions whether previous Iran strikes weren't as successful as the administration led us to believe
Dana Perino: “Was Operation Midnight Hammer not the success we were led to believe it was?”
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From the February 26, 2026, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DANA PERINO (FOX NEWS ANCHOR): On the nuclear program, was Operation Midnight Hammer not the success we were led to believe it was?
REBECCAH HEINRICHS (GUEST): Oh no, I think it was a total success. It did exactly what the United States military wanted it to do: significantly degraded the program in those three facilities. It's going to be —
PERINO: Witkoff just said they're weeks away.
HEINRICHS: Well, because they still are able to create smaller amounts, and they can do it surreptitiously in this mountain by Natanz. Natanz was the facility that the United States struck. And now it looks like they are building it out again. So they did make some progress, especially on the weaponization. The United States military strike did degrade that but, you know, they're still going to keep at it, and they've got help from other actors in the region as well.