{"id":278092,"date":"2026-02-07T00:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/278092\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T00:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:34:09","slug":"satellite-images-show-iran-is-rebuilding-missile-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/278092\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite images show Iran is rebuilding missile arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran seems to have repaired some ballistic missile facilities<\/a> damaged in strikes last year, according to satellite images, with only limited fixes to major nuclear sites, The New York Times reported on Friday.<\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s reconstruction provides insight into Iran\u2019s priorities as talks of diplomatic appeasement conclude in Oman for the time being.<\/p>\n

According to the report, if the US were to attack, Iran would likely retaliate with ballistic missiles towards Israel and US assets in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The Times reported construction work at more than half of the two dozen locations struck by the US or Israel during the 12-day war in June of last year. The analysis was corroborated by experts who closely track Iranian nuclear and missile programs,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n

Some repairs occurred soon after the strikes, suggesting that the regime is making missile production a short-term priority, with Iran picking up the pace to recover from the June attacks over the last few months.<\/p>\n

\"SatelliteSatellite imagery taken on January 30, 2026 shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Natanz nuclear site, Iran. (credit: 2026 PLANET LABS PBC\/Handout via REUTERS)<\/p>\n

According to The Times, Western and Israeli officials have found few signs that Iran is making significant progress towards enriching nuclear fuel and building a nuclear warhead.<\/p>\n

Iran is in a weakened position<\/p>\n

In recent high-stakes negotiations<\/a> between the US and Iran in Oman, Iran rejected US calls to halt uranium enrichment. It said, however, that it was willing to discuss the \u201clevel and purity\u201d of enrichment or a regional consortium, according to a regional diplomat briefed by Tehran.<\/p>\n

Iran arrived to the table in a weakened position<\/a>, with protests earlier this year having posed the greatest challenge the remine has seen in its half-century of power, leaving its economy weakened and its currency at an all-time low.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s leaders showed little readiness to compromise on the core issue of uranium enrichment, threatening to trigger another war in the event of a US attack, according to the Wall Street Journal. However, both sides showed willingness to continue working towards a diplomatic solution.<\/p>\n

Initial reports in June following US strikes on Iran claimed that airstrikes in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan did not destroy core components of Iran\u2019s nuclear program, and that they had only set back Iran\u2019s nuclear program by a few months.<\/p>\n

Experts say that these three main facilities remain inoperative, despite some visible work, according to The Times\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

US attacks were a \u2018successful mission\u2019<\/p>\n

The White House denied the assessment<\/a>, with White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt saying it was \u201cflat-out wrong\u201d and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claiming that \u201cour massive bombs hit exactly the right spot at each target and worked perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the president and the successful mission,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the White House\u2019s National Security Strategy published in November last year claimed that the strikes had \u201csignificantly degraded Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran has erected roofs at two of the facilities, according to the report, which could indicate that the regime is trying to recover assets without being observed from above.<\/p>\n

Natanz, identified by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) as the pilot fuel enrichment plant, has been covered with a white roofing structure, according to satellite images.<\/p>\n

The institute is a nonprofit organization that aims to inform the public science and policy issues affecting interntional security, according to its website.<\/p>\n

Less than a mile from Isfahan, barriers have been installed at one of the entrances to a nearby complex, indicating the possibility of a secret enrichment facility. At a new underground site close to Natanz, tunnel entrances have also been reinforced.<\/p>\n

The report shows another important development at the Parchin military complex, where \u201cIran has tested high explosives that can be used as triggers for nuclear warheads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Images show a 150-foot-long chamber that has been recently built at the factory. The site was not attacked in June, according to The Times, but was targeted by Israel in 2024. It has since been fortified with anti-aircraft artillery, according to the ISIS.<\/p>\n

The organization stated that \u201calthough the new facility\u2019s intended purpose could not be determined from the imagery, the new construction indicates its strategic significance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran seems to have repaired some ballistic missile facilities damaged in strikes last year, according to satellite images,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,87,143294,12157,92,72086,143295,43,40,38,41,39,76279],"class_list":{"0":"post-278092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iran-and-us","11":"tag-iran-missiles","12":"tag-iran-nuclear","13":"tag-iran-nuclear-news","14":"tag-iran-us-conflict","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories","20":"tag-us-iran"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278092","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=278092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}