New satellite images show Iran that enhances a wide underground complex near the country’s main uranium enrichment site, according to the analysis of the International Science and Security Institute.
Newsweek Contact the International Atomic Agency for Energy for Commentary.
Why do it matter
Evidence efforts come at a time of us and our Israeli threats Military strikes On Iranian nuclear facilities. The United States and Iran are currently in negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, but the president Donald Trump He threatened an attack if the talks failed. Israel said it would attack its own if necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
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What do you know
The commercial satellite images that were analyzed by the International Science and Security Institute have set a continuous construction of a fortified security environment around the Kulang Gas Mountain La – the southern Iran region Natanz The nuclear complex.
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The site includes two facilities for the tunnel: a new tunnel buried deeply that can be operated as soon as this year, and the 2007 site that has undergone large promotions since late 2023, according to independent non -profit organizations.
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She concluded that Iran seems to be preparing for both signers of sensitive nuclear operations.
The director of the International Agency for International Energy, Rafael Grosso, told the correspondents on Wednesday that Iran agreed to allow a technical team from the United Nations Control Authority to discuss the restoration of camera surveillance in nuclear sites, Associated Press I mentioned.
This comes like Iran to caution A possible deal can come out amid Israeli pressure on Washington and military action threats. Tehran has long said that it does not seek nuclear weapons, but only wants to search for civilian uses. It is widely believed that Israel has already nuclear weapons.
US President Trump said he prefers diplomacy, but he was not excluded powerWith his administration Stiffness Their position on the capabilities of Iranian civil enrichment, although the US National Intelligence is to evaluate that Iran is not currently building a nuclear weapon.
What people say
International Science and Security Institute: “If Iran is building a enrichment factory and did not announce this to the International Atomic Energy Agency when it authorized construction, this will be a serious violation of the guarantee. In its negotiations with Iran, the United States must make it clear that if Iran would move, or have already conveyed the designated uranium stocks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi on X: “Checking reality: every milligram of enriched uranium in Iran under the supervision and monitoring of the International Agency for Full Atomic Energy.”
General Director of the International Agency, Rafael Grossi It was also transferred before Associated Press: “You know, I quote from their general data, and add a large number of new waterfalls (collision). If we add to that the fact that we lost because they reduced our cameras in Karaj (nuclear center) and other places, we have lost a lot of vision regarding certain activities.”
What happens after that
Iran may continue to intensify its enrichment program even as the talks continue. If negotiations fail to reach an agreement that can make the attack more likely, but it is still very difficult to carry out the distribution and heavy fortification of Iranian nuclear sites.
