Early Iran Bomb Damage Spin Falls Apart
- On June 22, the US Air Force launched Operation Midnight Hammer, striking three Iranian nuclear sites including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan with bunker-busting bombs and cruise missiles.
- The attack came after a 12-day conflict that began with Israeli strikes and the killing of Iranian commanders, which ended on June 24 with a delicate ceasefire arranged through US and Qatari mediation.
- US officials and intelligence, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Gen. Dan Caine, described the damage as severe and precisely targeted, while Iran and some experts indicated the damage was extensive but not total and possibly repairable.
- Satellite images showed active Iranian crews assessing craters and infrastructure, and while President Trump claimed complete destruction, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s preliminary report suggested the program was set back by only a few months.
- The attacks heightened tensions and internal debates in Iran over nuclear weaponization, complicating diplomacy despite US signals of readiness to resume talks contingent on security guarantees and sanctions relief.
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Why Trump might bomb Iran again
President Trump has already warned Tehran that he’ll be back if Iran tries to revive and advance its nuclear program, following the strikes by B-2 stealth bombers. Judging by the comments of the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Trump may find himself with this dilemma sooner than he thinks. Iran could return to enriching uranium in “a matter of months,” according to Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA’s director-general, in an inte…
Iran working to assess damage at Fordow nuclear site, satellite images reveal
Analysts say they are assessing the damage wreaked by the American bunker-busting bombs more than initiating repairs as yet. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News New satellite photos show Iranians digging at the Fordow nuclear site, with analysts saying they are assessing the damage wreaked by the American attack of June 22 with bunker-busting bombs. High-resolution imagery provided by Maxar Technologies showed excavators and other heavy machin…


Operation Midnight Hammer: Were Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Damaged?
The aftermath of Operation Midnight Hammer, a strike by the US Air Force on three nuclear facilities in Iran authorized by President Donald Trump on June 22, was raucous and triumphant. But that depended on what company you were keeping. The mission involved the bombing of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, the uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz, and the uranium-conversion facility in Isfahan. The Israeli Air Force had already attacked the la…
Report: Iran assessing damage in flurry of activity at Fordow, new satellite images s
Assessment of images reveals Iranian crews, vehicles, onsite processing damage after U.S. strikes; experts suggest reconstruction remains uncertain despite visible repair efforts
Satellite Images Reveal Work Underway at Iranian Nuclear Site Bombed by the u.s. | News Channel 3-12
By Tim Lister and Annoa Abekah-Mensah, CNN New satellite images show ongoing work at Iran's Fordow nuclear enrichment facility, which was attacked by US B-2 bombers this month. The images were taken Sunday by Maxar Technologies, which said they “reveal ongoing activity in and near the vents and holes caused by last week's airstrikes at the Fordow fuel enrichment complex.” The photos show “an excavator and several workers positioned next to the n…
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