Washington DC, Aug. 23 -- The Pentagon has dismissed US Air Force Lt Gen. Jeffrey Kruse from the position of the Chief of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) on Friday (local time), the New York Times reported, citing a senior defence official and a US senator.

According to the New York Times, the removal comes weeks after the US defence agency produced a preliminary report that contradicted US President Donald Trump's claim that US strikes in June had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities.

Lt Gen. Kruse is the latest high-ranking official to be removed under the second Trump administration and the second senior military intelligence leader to be ousted.

Earlier this year, Gen. Timothy D Haugh, who led the National Security Agency ...