The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump’s contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran.

The head of the Pentagon's intelligence agency has been fired, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, a move the top Democratic lawmaker on the Senate intelligence committee slammed as the latest example of politicizing intelligence by President Donald Trump's administration.

The firing comes just weeks after a White House rebuke of a leaked intelligence report assessing the impact of US strikes on Iran.