Satellite images have revealed some of the damage sustained by Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and nuclear facilities in the Israeli attack.Images from Planet Labs PBC, analysed by news agency The Associated Press, showed damage at two missile bases – one in Kermanshah and one in Tabriz, both in western Iran.At the mountainside Kermanshah base, burns could be seen across a wide area after the attack. In Tabriz, images showed damage at multiple sites on the base.
Iranian missile base near Tabriz, Iran, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, top left, and the same place after an Israeli strike, on Friday, June 13, 2025, top right, and an Iranian missile base near Kermanshah, Iran, Thursday, June 12, 2025, bottom left, and the same missile base after an Israeli strike, on Friday June 13, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Meanwhile, at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, southwest of Iranian capital Tehran, the images show multiple buildings either damaged or destroyed; the targeted sites included structures experts say supplied power to the facility. The Natanz photos were taken by Maxar Technologies.At Natanz enrichment plant, now destroyed, Iran had enriched uranium to 60% purity – a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 135 miles southeast of Tehran, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, top, and on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
While all the Natanz facilities damaged in the strikes are above ground, it doesn’t appear from the images that there was any apparent impact on the underground enrichment halls.Iran has not acknowledged the damage, though it reported on Israeli strikes in the area.
Isfahan nuclear base
Under its Operation Rising Lion, Israel conducted strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It also targeted and killed several top officers of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and scientists of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.In retaliation, Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel’s largest city Tel Aviv, killing three people and injuring dozens.Israel then launched direct strikes targeting the Iranian energy industry and defense ministry headquarters on Sunday, with Iran unleashing a fresh barrage of missiles targeting its arch-rival.