{"id":4249,"date":"2026-07-11T19:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:37:55","slug":"alarming-new-satellite-images-show-signs-iran-may-be-trying-to-rebuild-suspected-nuclear-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4249","title":{"rendered":"Alarming new satellite images show signs Iran may be trying to rebuild suspected nuclear facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alarming new satellite images show signs that the Iranian regime appears to be rebuilding its suspected nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain and Parchin.<\/p>\n

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Footage of both areas \u2013 which sustained extensive damage during US and Israeli-led bombing campaigns that began in late February \u2013 reveal \u201cmajor signs\u201d of activity, according to CNN, which obtained images from private firms.<\/p>\n

Such construction likely runs afoul of the Memorandum of Understanding that Iran and US negotiators reached last month during a cease-fire that President Trump called \u201cover\u201d following Iranian attacks on shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

US and Israeli forces repeatedly targeted the Parchin site, which the Iranians had covered with a protective concrete shield, in the joint air campaign that was launched on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

But a series of large blast holes, which were clearly visible on June 10, had been covered over 12 days later.<\/p>\n

By July 7, the damage was covered with mesh material and concrete mixer trucks were visible at the ready nearby.<\/p>\n

It shows \u201csignificant, new attempted reconstruction activity,\u201d wrote David Albright, founder of the Institute for Science and International Security in a Saturday analysis of the information.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile imagery from early June indicates damage assessment and clean-up, including the removal of debris and temporary covering of the three impact holes of the buried facility, the newer imagery shows renewed activity at the impact holes for more permanent sealing as well as additional concrete hardening of the site,\u201d according to a new paper published by the organization Saturday, as Iranian and Omani officials met in Muscat while staring down the barrel of a US ultimatum to keep the strait open.<\/p>\n

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The Parchin Military Complex has long been suspected of housing secret nuclear activities.
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visited the site in 2004 and 2005, and said they were denied access to certain areas in 2006.<\/p>\n

The complex also houses missile production facilities, which produce the weapons Iran uses to menace its US allied neighbors in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n

Its Teleghan 2 site was hit twice in the latest phase of the Iran war \u2013 first around March 11, and then again sometime between March 24 and April 1, according to reports.<\/p>\n

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