{"id":283664,"date":"2026-02-10T10:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/283664\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:03:08","slug":"imagery-update-all-entrances-to-esfahan-tunnel-complex-are-now-completely-buried-isis-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/283664\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagery Update: All Entrances to Esfahan Tunnel Complex are Now Completely Buried | ISIS Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> By Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team<\/p>\n<p>                   February 9, 2026<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/isis-online.org\/uploads\/isis-reports\/documents\/Esfahan-Update-Feb-9-2026_Final.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-outline-dark btn-sm\" download=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download PDF <\/a> \u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/isis-online.org\/uploads\/isis-reports\/documents\/Esfahan-Update-Feb-9-2026_Final.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-outline-dark btn-sm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">View PDF <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p>High resolution satellite imagery\u00a0taken yesterday shows the extent to which Iran has covered the tunnel entrances at the Esfahan nuclear complex with soil (see Figure 1). The middle and southern entrances are unrecognizable and fully covered in soil (see Figure 2).\u00a0 The northernmost tunnel entrance which features additional passive defense measures is backfilled with soil (see Figure 3).\u00a0 No more vehicle activity is seen around the three entrances.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It appears clear that the Iranians are seriously concerned about a US\/Israeli aerial attack and\/or raid against this particularly hardened nuclear facility.\u00a0 Backfilling the tunnel entrances would help dampen any potential airstrike and also make ground access in a special forces raid to seize or destroy any highly enriched uranium that may be housed inside difficult.\u00a0 It is also possible that Iran could have moved equipment or material into the tunnels to protect them, although this cannot be confirmed.\u00a0 Preparations like these were last observed in the days before Operation Midnight Hammer struck facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Esfahan-Update-Feb-9-2026_Figure-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Figure 1.\u00a0\u00a0An overview of the tunnel entrances to the underground complex at Esfahan. All three tunnel entrances are backfilled with earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Esfahan-Update-Feb-9-2026_Figure-2A.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Esfahan-Update-Feb-9-2026_Figure-2B.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Figure 2. Above is a view of the Middle tunnel entrance. The probable utilities alcove and the tunnel entrance are completely buried. Below is a view of the Southern tunnel entrance. More soil has been added over the tunnel entrance, completely burying it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Esfahan-Update-Feb-9-2026_Figure-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Figure 3.\u00a0 A view of the Northern tunnel entrance. It is now backfilled with earth, blocking internal access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team February 9, 2026 Download PDF \u00a0 View PDF&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-283664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283664","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=283664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}