🛸Satellite Pics Show Extent Of Damage By Iran Drones At Saudi Aramco Refinery
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Day 1 of the US-Israel attacks and his death has further complicated an already tense geopolitical situation.
High-resolution satellite photographs accessed by NDTV Tuesday morning reveal the extent of damage at four key energy and transport facilities in the Middle East, including the Natanz nuclear reactors, as the war between joint US-Israel forces and Iran enters a fourth day.
Global nuclear watchdog IAEA had said Monday no nuclear sites in Iran had been targeted or hit.
However, agency chief Rafael Grossi's statement seemed to contradict evidence from the satellite images and submissions by Iran's ambassador to the IAEA; Reza Najafi wrote to Grossi this week to complain Natanz – where Iran reportedly enriches uranium – had been bombed.
"Again, they attacked Iran's peaceful (and) safeguarded nuclear facilities…" Najafi told reporters after the IAEA's governing board met. Asked which facility was hit, he said: "Natanz."
The attacks, he said, were "unlawful, criminal and brutal".
The Natanz facility lies 220km (135 miles) south of capital Tehran and is a mix of above- and below-ground laboratories that carry out the majority of Iran's uranium enrichment programme.
Iran's Natanz nuclear facility
A Vantor satellite image taken March 2 showed damage (marked by orange circles) to the facility, including the apparent destruction, or at least severe damage to, three buildings.
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