US EditionAfter U.S. strikes, Iran increases work at mysterious underground site: The Washington Post
Satellite images show Iran expanding a fortified underground site south of Natanz with reinforced tunnels and a 4,000-foot security wall after June strikes damaged key nuclear infrastructure.
- On Friday, The Washington Post reported Iran accelerated construction at Pickaxe Mountain, located just south of the Natanz uranium enrichment complex, following U.S. and Israeli strikes in June.
- The June bombardment left Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan damaged by U.S. B-2 Spirit bombers using Massive Ordnance Penetrators and Tomahawk missiles, destroying nearly 22,000 centrifuges.
- Satellite imagery shows a 4,000-foot security wall, a covered eastern tunnel entrance and heavy equipment, with Sarah Burkhard telling The Post `The fact they’re continuing to build this is significant`.
- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors report uranium enriched to 60% is unaccounted for, while the White House monitors developments amid divided Western governments and Israel's possible strikes.
- At the same time, analysts and experts quoted by The Washington Post warned that dispersing facilities may reduce strike effectiveness as Iran repairs missile-production sites at Parchin and Shahroud and threatens to end IAEA cooperation, Ali Larijani said.
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = Iran is building an 'unidentified underground facility' near the Natanz nuclear facility that was damaged by a US military bombing last June...
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Iran is expanding a deeply buried site near the Natanz Enrichment Complex months after U.S.-Israeli strikes that wrecked thousands of centrifuges, new satellite imagery shows. Fresh tunneling at “Pickaxe Mountain” suggests that Tehran is hardening a facility that the International Atomic Energy Agency hasn’t inspected, and whose purpose remains unclear. New satellite imagery released by the Washington-based Institute for Science and Internation…
Iran steps up work at mysterious underground Natanz site after US-Israeli strikes
Satellite images reveal intensified construction at Iran’s Natanz and Fordo nuclear sites after US and Israeli strikes, raising concerns over underground expansion and Tehran’s determination to rebuild its enrichment program.
The underground facility is being built near the Natanz nuclear complex, written by The Washington Post.
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