DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear sites, though Tehran kept open the possibility Tuesday of resuming talks with Washington over its atomic program.

Keeping the door open to talks with the United States likely shows Tehran wants to avoid further economic pain as another deadline over U.N. sanctions looms.

While President Trump declared the US “Operation Midnight Hammer” strikes a “spectacular military success” that “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear sites, the true extent of the damage remains uncertain. -A leaked preliminary US intelligence report suggests the strikes may have only set back Iran’s program by a few months,