{"id":267228,"date":"2026-01-31T14:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/267228\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:26:22","slug":"satellite-photos-capture-iranian-activity-at-nuclear-sites-bombed-by-us-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/267228\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite photos capture Iranian activity at nuclear sites bombed by US, Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Fresh satellite images have captured roofs being built over damaged buildings at Iranian nuclear sites<\/a> that were attacked by the U.S. and Israel last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The photos from Planet Labs PBC show new coverings over two structures at the Isfahan and Natanz facilities following the June 2025 strikes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The roofs are likely part\u00a0of Iran\u2019s efforts “to assess whether key assets \u2014 such as limited stocks of highly enriched uranium \u2014 survived the strikes,” Andrea Stricker, who studies Iran for the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They want to be able to get at any recovered assets they can get to without Israel or the United States seeing what survived,” she added.<\/p>\n

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The rubble of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site is seen on the left on Dec. 3, 2025. On the right, in a satellite image taken on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, a new roof is seen over the building. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)<\/p>\n

Those coverings block satellites from seeing\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0happening on the ground \u2014 right now the only way for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency<\/a> to\u00a0monitor\u00a0the sites, as Iran has prevented access<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Natanz site, which is about 135 miles south of Iran\u2019s capital of Tehran, is a mix of above- and below-ground laboratories that did\u00a0the majority of\u00a0Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The facility outside the city of Isfahan was\u00a0mainly known\u00a0for producing\u00a0the uranium\u00a0gas that is fed into centrifuges to be spun and purified.<\/p>\n

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Satellite images show Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility on the left on Dec. 7, 2025, and on the right on Jan. 28, 2026, following the completion of a new roof over one of the damaged buildings. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)<\/p>\n

Last year, Israel targeted the sites first, followed by U.S. strikes using bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces said in June 2025<\/a> that a strike on the Isfahan site “dismantled a facility for producing metallic uranium, infrastructure for reconverting enriched uranium, laboratories, and additional infrastructure.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The U.S. strikes “significantly degraded Iran\u2019s nuclear program,” the White House\u2019s National Security Strategy published in November said.<\/p>\n

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The Natanz nuclear site is seen on the left on May 20, 2025. On June 22, 2025, damage could be seen in the area following American airstrikes. (Planet Labs PBC)<\/p>\n

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Iran has not allowed IAEA inspectors to visit the sites since the attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new satellite images come as President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that a “massive Armada” is heading toward the Middle East, ratcheting up pressure on the Iranian regime to reach a nuclear deal. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Cabinet meeting Thursday that the U.S. military is “prepared to deliver whatever the president expects” regarding Iran. Meanwhile, Iranian military officials have vowed that any U.S. attack would be met with an immediate and decisive response.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has also escalated sanctions on Iranian officials in response to the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Morgan Phillips and The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fresh satellite images have captured roofs being built over damaged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,87,46,47,2899,43,2711],"class_list":{"0":"post-267228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-middle-east","12":"tag-military","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}