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Satellite Photos Reveal Iran Reconstructing Fordow as Strike Damage Dispute Grows

Maxar’s new imagery confirms active repairs at Fordow with the IAEA warning that uranium enrichment could resume within months

Several additional vehicles are also seen below a ridge and are parked along the path that was built to access the nuclear site, according to Maxar.
Satellite images of Iran's Fordow nuclear enrichment plant show vehicles, excavation equipment and a crane, with ongoing activity near the craters caused by last week’s US strikes.
Maxar said the new images show 'ongoing activity at and near the ventilation shafts and holes caused by last week’s airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment complex.'

Overview

  • Maxar satellite images show excavators, cranes and vehicles repairing access roads and backfilling craters at the northern ventilation shafts of the Fordow enrichment plant.
  • IAEA Director Rafael Grossi reports that centrifuges at Fordow remain offline but cautions that uranium enrichment could restart in a matter of months without renewed inspections.
  • President Trump continues to assert the sites were “obliterated,” while Pentagon and IAEA assessments indicate the strikes set Iran’s program back only by months.
  • Defense analysts point to evidence of pre-strike reinforcement work and question whether GBU-57 bunker busters fully penetrated deeply buried bunkers.
  • With 14 of the U.S. stock of 20 Massive Ordnance Penetrators already expended, Pentagon officials are concerned about sustaining future deep-strike capabilities.