Satellite images show Iranian sites before and after airstrikes

Satellite images captured on Sunday and Monday by Vantor show the aftermath of the US-Israeli attacks on multiple sites in Iran.

The United States attacked more than 1,250 targets during the first two days of Operation Epic Fury, according to a fact sheet released by US Central Command, which said the United States is striking targets “to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that pose an imminent threat.”

Satellite images show damage to sites, including former Supreme Leader Choqa Balk-e drone facility. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compoundthe Natanz nuclear complex and a radar system at the Zahedan air base.

Khamenei complex

Khamenei was assassinated in one of the initial attacks, along with 40 other senior Iranian officials. Khamenei’s movements had been tracked for months by the CIA, which learned of a Saturday morning meeting at a compound in Tehran that Khamenei was expected to attend, according to a person familiar with the matter. That information was then relayed to their Israeli counterparts, the person told News themezone.

Natanz nuclear facility

The Natanz enrichment facility was one of three nuclear facilities that previously Target of separate Israeli and US airstrikes. in June of last year. It was unclear to what extent those initial strikes damaged Iran’s nuclear program.

President Trump has claimed that they “destroyed” the three nuclear sites and that Iran’s nuclear program had gone back “basically decades.” Iran downplayed the attacks at the time, arguing they did not eliminate their technological capabilities.

“Yes, you destroyed the facilities, the machines, but technology cannot be bombed, and determination cannot be bombed,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told News in January.

satellite images in late January showed that roofs had been built on damaged buildings at Natanz and other sites, which could indicate that Iran was trying to recover materials from the facilities.

Choqa Balk-e drone installation

The Choqa Balk-e facility is located in western Iran. The country is known to use Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones, a unidirectional drone that has a built-in warhead that detonates when it hits its target.

Zahedan Air Base Radar System

Zahedan Air Base is located in the eastern part of Iran, not far from the country’s borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.