US EditionSatellite images show activity at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility before U.S. air strikes
- Israel launched strikes late on June 12 targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, scientists, ballistic missile sites, and other military assets.
- The strikes followed rising concerns as Iranian officials broke IAEA seals and moved their uranium stockpile to undisclosed hardened locations.
- Satellite images released by Maxar on Sunday showed unusual truck activity near the fortified Fordow nuclear site, indicating preparations before the U.S. air strikes.
- President Trump called the strikes a “spectacular military success” that “completely obliterated” key enrichment sites, but independent verification of damage is pending.
- The attacks disrupted IAEA monitoring by scattering nuclear material, complicating efforts to track Iran's enriched uranium and assess its nuclear capabilities.
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New York PostSatellite images show trucks lined up at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility before US air strikes
Satellite images appeared to show scores of trucks lined up at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility just days before the US carried out its large-scale air strikes – as speculation swirled that Tehran may have been able to move its uranium stockpiles before the attacks.
Iran Knew U.S. Strikes Were Coming, Moved Trucks Days in Advance, Satellite Shows
Iran appeared to know U.S. airstrikes were on the way and moved trucks and equipment around one of its most sensitive nuclear sites days before the bombs fell, according to new satellite images. Satellite firm Maxar says images taken Thursday and Friday show “unusual truck and vehicular activity” near the entrance of the Fordow enrichment facility, a heavily fortified site buried deep in a mountain south of Tehran. On Thursday, 16 trucks were se…
Satellite images showed a few hours before the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities that most of the enriched uranium in Fordo might have been removed.
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