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This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows rubble before a roof was built over it at Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on Dec. 7, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
June 13, 2026, 11:25 am
Iran said to have mined entrance to bombed nuclear site to deter raid on enriched uranium
Former nuclear official says move raises risk Tehran could claim it can’t retrieve some of the material at Isfahan; US says it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting ships in Hormuz
By ToI Staff
Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General and a candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, speaks during an interview at UN headquarters, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
April 30, 2026, 10:48 am
UN nuclear chief: Much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium likely still buried at Isfahan site
IAEA’s Grossi says inspectors need access to nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Fordo and Natanz; says US-Iran talks very different from those of 2015 due to Iran’s nuclear progress
By Edith M. Lederer
This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex adjacent to the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, in central Iran on March 7, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)
April 2, 2026, 12:57 pm
US op to seize Iran’s uranium would take weeks, require building a runway — report
Trump reportedly briefed on risky plan, which could require airlift of thousands of troops and heavy equipment to extract buried material, all while forces would be exposed to fire
By Michael Horovitz
Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
April 1, 2026, 4:53 pm
Israel strikes drug factory in Iran, says it made fentanyl for chemical weapons R&D
Iran says factory makes cancer drugs; top Quds force engineer killed in airstrike; IDF says all ‘critical’ assets of Iran’s arms industry will be targeted by Wednesday
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A rescue worker carries an infant from the scene of an Iranian missile strike in central Israel, March 31, 2026 (MDA)
March 31, 2026, 2:40 pm
8 lightly hurt by cluster bombs in central Israel as Iranian attacks persist across region
US launches massive strikes on Iranian ammunition bunkers near Isfahan overnight; crude oil tanker set ablaze by drone strike off Dubai, briefly spiking oil prices
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This handout satellite picture, provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
March 16, 2026, 10:35 am
Seizing Iran’s uranium could take ‘largest special forces operation in history’ – WSJ
Upward of 1,000 personnel could be required on-site to secure Isfahan facility, dig through rubble for near-weapons grade nuclear material, amid Iranian missile and drone fire
By ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on Jan. 28, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
March 8, 2026, 9:36 am
Iran may still have access to enriched uranium at site bombed by US last year – report
NY Times says US intelligence believes there’s a ‘very narrow access point’ through which uranium at Isfahan could be moved; Trump doesn’t rule out ground op to secure stockpiles
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A person stands on the roof of a building looking at a plume of smoke rising after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3, 2026. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
March 4, 2026, 1:03 pm
IDF carries out ‘extensive’ strikes on regime targets; Iran fires missiles at Israeli towns
Katz: Khamenei’s successor an ‘unequivocal target for elimination’; Israeli military says it’s carrying out ‘systematic, round-the-clock hunt’ against launchers, ballistic missiles
By Emanuel Fabian
Iranians take to the streets to celebrate the news of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death in Karaj, February 28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 1, 2026, 4:19 pm
‘Freedom, freedom!’: Jubilant crowds across Iran celebrate killing of Khamenei
Videos from Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Abdanan show cheering, impromptu dance parties, fireworks; man shouts ‘hello new world’ as statue of republic founder is toppled in Galleh Dar
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A cyclist rides past an anti-US billboard installed on a building along a street in Tehran, Iran, on February 26, 2026. (AFP)
February 27, 2026, 7:58 pm
UN watchdog says it can’t verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment
‘Regular vehicular activity’ seen outside storage site in Isfahan, says IAEA, relying on commercial satellite imagery because inspectors have been denied access to facilities
By AP
A combination picture of satellite images show the Parchin military complex under reconstruction in 2024-2026. (Planet Labs PBC and Vantor/Handout via Reuters)
February 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid tensions with US
Islamic Republic has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear site bombed by the US in June war, fortified tunnel entrances near another, and worked on and obscured missile bases
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows rubble before a roof was built over it at Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on Dec. 7, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
February 10, 2026, 12:44 pm
Satellite images show all entrances to Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site have been buried
US-based think tank says moves show Tehran ‘seriously concerned’ about US or Israeli attacks, says similar preparations were taken ahead of US strikes on nuclear sites last June
By ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the rubble of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant at Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site on December 3, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
January 31, 2026, 1:07 am
Satellite images indicate Iran working to salvage nuclear materials from damaged sites
Experts say new roofs at Isfahan, Natanz likely part of effort ‘to assess whether key assets, such as limited stocks of highly enriched uranium, survived the strikes’ by Israel and US
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranians attend the funerals of security personnel killed in protests in Tehran on January 14, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 27, 2026, 7:03 pm
Iranians say Tehran labeling those it killed as regime forces, in bid to cover up crimes
In accounts shared with ToI via activists, relatives report government efforts to paint slain protesters as Basij militia members, seemingly looking to justify atrocities amid ongoing crackdown
By Nava Freiberg
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, August 20, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
December 22, 2025, 7:27 pm
Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites
US ambassador addresses reports the Islamic Republic is rebuilding its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, worrying Jerusalem; Tehran says missiles are nonnegotiable
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
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