India, June 25 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the Iranian nuclear programme has been set back for decades following the US strikes on its facilities.

"I think basically decades," Trump was quoted as saying by BBC when asked about the nuclear programme in the country.

"I think they've had it, they just went through hell... the last thing they want to do is enrich," he said.

Trump claimed the US strike ended the war.

Meanwhile, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted that a notorious Tehran prison known for holding dissidents should not be a target, a day after a reported Israeli strike on the complex.

OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told media in Geneva that Evin prison is not a military objective, according to...