{"id":2185,"date":"2026-03-03T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:06:00","slug":"satellite-images-show-iranian-sites-before-and-after-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=2185","title":{"rendered":"Satellite images show Iranian sites before and after airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Satellite imagery captured Sunday and Monday by Vantor shows the aftermath of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on multiple sites in Iran<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The U.S. struck more than 1,250 targets over the first two days of Operation Epic Fury, according to a fact sheet released by U.S. Central Command, which said the U.S. is hitting targets “to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that pose an imminent threat.”<\/p>\n

The satellite images show damage to sites including the Choqa Balk-e drone facility, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound<\/span>, the Natanz nuclear complex and a radar system at Zahedan airbase. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Khamenei compound<\/h2>\n

Khamenei was killed<\/span> in one of the initial strikes, along with about 40 other senior Iranian officials. Khamenei’s movements had been tracked for months by the CIA, which learned about a Saturday morning meeting at a compound in Tehran that Khamenei was expected to attend, according to a person familiar with the matter. That intelligence was then passed on to Israeli counterparts, the person told CBS News.<\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery shows former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran on Feb. 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery shows former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran following airstrikes on March 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Natanz nuclear facility<\/h2>\n

The Natanz enrichment facility was one of three nuclear sites that were previously targeted by separate Israeli and U.S. airstrikes<\/span> in June last year. It was unclear how much those initial strikes damaged Iran’s nuclear program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

President Trump has claimed they “obliterated” the three nuclear sites, and that Iran’s nuclear program\u00a0had been set back by “basically decades.”<\/span> \u00a0Iran downplayed the strikes at the time,\u00a0arguing<\/span>\u00a0they didn’t eliminate its technological capabilities.<\/p>\n

“Yes, you destroyed the facilities, the machines, but the technology cannot be bombed, and the determination also cannot be bombed,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News in January. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Satellite images<\/span>\u00a0from late January showed roofs had been built over damaged buildings at Natanz and other sites, potentially indicating Iran was trying to salvage materials from the facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery shows Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex on March 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery shows damage to Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex on March 2, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Choqa Balk-e drone facility<\/h2>\n

The Choqa Balk-e frone facility is located in western Iran. The country is known to use Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones, a one-way drone that has a warhead built into it that detonates when it crashes into its target.<\/p>\n

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A satellite image from Feb. 27, 2026, showing the Choqa Balk-e facility in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A satellite image from March 2, 2026, showing damage at the Choqa Balk-e facility in Iran following airstrikes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zahedan airbase radar system<\/h2>\n

The Zahedan airbase is located in the eastern part of Iran, not far from the country’s borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery shows a radar system at Zahedan airbase in Iran on Feb. 26, 2026,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Satellite imagery shows a destroyed radar system at Zahedan airbase in Iran on March 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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