Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse was leading the Pentagon agency when it concluded that the U.S. military strikes in June set back Tehran’s nuclear program only by a few months.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his French, British and German counterparts agreed on Friday to resume talks next week on nuclear and sanctions issues, Iranian state media reported.

Iran's foreign minister has spoken with his French, German, and British counterparts, trying to stop the reimposition of U.N. sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.

The government in Tehran wants to continue talks with Germany, France and Britain next week in the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. A meeting at the deputy foreign minister level is planned for Tuesday,