{"id":2453796,"date":"2025-06-30T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-satellite-imagery-shows-iran-is-up-to-something-at-fordow\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:51:49","slug":"new-satellite-imagery-shows-iran-is-up-to-something-at-fordow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-satellite-imagery-shows-iran-is-up-to-something-at-fordow\/","title":{"rendered":"New Satellite Imagery Shows Iran Is Up to Something at Fordow"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-satellite-imagery-shows-iran-is-up-to-something-at-fordow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recent satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies has revealed increased activity at Iran&#8217;s Fordow nuclear facility,which was reportedly targeted by U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khamenei-rejects-trumps-call-for-surrender-issues-warning-if-us-intervenes\/\" title=\"Khamenei rejects Trump\u2019s call for surrender, issues warning if US intervenes\">bunker buster bombs<\/a> on June 21. The images show new construction, including an access road adn various pieces of heavy machinery, leading to suspicions that Iran is working to repair and resume operations at the facility, where uranium enrichment occurs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite initial assertions that the bombing substantially damaged the site, experts and officials have expressed concerns that the attack may not have been as effective as suggested. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth firmly stated the visible destruction at Fordow, but contrasting reports from nuclear watchdogs like the International atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) indicate that while the attack did set back Iran&#8217;s nuclear ambitions, it did not critically hinder them, as Iran had relocated some of its materials prior to the strike.<\/p>\n<p>Further analysis suggests that even after the attack, Iran could quickly resume uranium enrichment. This has reignited debates regarding the effectiveness of military interventions and the true extent of damage to iran&#8217;s nuclear capabilities, with many experts advocating that the risks of nuclear proliferation persist despite the strikes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fresh activity was spotted over the weekend at the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran that was hit by U.S. bunker buster bombs on June 21, suggesting that the rogue regime was up to something.<\/p>\n<p>High-resolution satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies on Sunday showed a newly built access road next to the facility, in addition to a slew of equipment, including cranes, an excavator, and several cars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW FORDOW SATELLITE IMAGES<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing activity includes cranes, excavators at entrances and shafts<\/p>\n<p>VIA &#128247; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maxar?\">@maxar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Collected June 29<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip;new high-resolution satellite imagery today (June 29th) that reveals ongoing activity at and near the ventilation shafts and holes caused by&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpjTxTU7LV\">pic.twitter.com\/MpjTxTU7LV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C__Herridge\/status\/1939379239931068837?\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c0m8942jr4gt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> reported that the images seemed to &ldquo;show signs of some work under way at the Fordow facility where the Iranian government has been enriching uranium.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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the British outlet further noted.<\/p>\n<p>These new images have reignited concerns that the U.S. bunker buster bombs were not as successful as President Donald Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/will-peace-tragedy-iran-trump-addresses-nation-us-bombing-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">originally suggested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns first erupted after a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-former-u-s-officials-warn-about-bidens-military-agenda-suggests-that-biden-may-be-a-pushover\/\" title=\"Top Former U.S. ... Warn About Biden\u2019s Military Agenda: \u2018Suggests That Biden May Be A Pushover\u2019\">intelligence report<\/a> leaked<\/a> to the media warned that the damage incurred by the bombs would hold Iran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bill-would-mandate-congress-approve-any-sanctions-relief-for-iran\/\" title=\"New Bill Would Mandate Congress Approve Any Sanctions Relief for Iran\">nuclear program back<\/a> by only a matter of months.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/better-get-big-shovel-fuming-pete-hegseth-drops-bunker-buster-mainstream-medias-iran-attack-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiercely denied<\/a> the legitimacy of the intelligence report last week, telling reporters that &ldquo;anyone with two eyes&rdquo; could see the immense damage that Fordow had sustained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you want to know what&rsquo;s going on at Fordow, you better go there and get a big shovel because no one&rsquo;s under there right now,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Secretary Hegseth expertly dismantles the fake news:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anyone with two eyes, ears and a brain can recognize that kind of firepower, with that specificity at that location and others, is going to have a devastating effect&hellip; that&rsquo;s why yesterday I said, if you want to know what&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8OusC9zMCx\">pic.twitter.com\/8OusC9zMCx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1938246142996754726?\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/4227366\/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-and-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chairman-gen-dan-caine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a> a number of entities and officials to back up his assertion, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">defense secretary<\/a> also quoted Iran&rsquo;s foreign ministry spokesperson as having said that &ldquo;our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that&rsquo;s for sure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Late last week, however, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi cast further doubt on the success of the U.S.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-us-bombs-iran-trump-announces-successful-attack-nuclear-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombing of Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with CBS News on Friday for an interview that didn&rsquo;t fully air until Sunday, Grossi revealed that Iranian officials had told the IAEA in advance that it intended to relocate its enriched uranium elsewhere before the June 21 attack.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So some could have been destroyed as part of the attack, but some could have been moved,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nearly one week after the U.S. strikes on Iran&rsquo;s nuclear facilities, there&rsquo;s no information about the location of roughly 900 pounds of highly-enriched uranium that Iran claims was removed before the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi tells CBS&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6dpll2Ilv\">pic.twitter.com\/B6dpll2Ilv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSEveningNews\/status\/1938734216587477099?\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Grossi also said that while the June 21 attack had definitely set Iran back vis-a-vis its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iranian-parliament-doubles-nuclear-ambitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desire for a nuclear weapon<\/a>, it hadn&rsquo;t necessarily set it back as much as believed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/transcript-rafael-mariano-grossi-international-atomic-energy-agency-face-the-nation-with-margaret-brennan-june-28-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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