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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Isfahan

This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 16, 2025, shows the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 10, 2025, 3:06 pm
Senior Israeli official: Intel shows enriched uranium was at Iran sites when bombed
Official says Isfahan stockpile may still be accessible, but with difficulty; Netanyahu says Israel ‘didn’t deal with’ Iran’s enriched uranium during war: ‘We think we know where it is’
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 16, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
June 29, 2025, 4:43 am
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘matter of months,’ IAEA chief says
UN nuclear watchdog doesn’t know where Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles are being kept or how much was destroyed in attacks, Grossi tells CBS News
By AFP and ToI Staff
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin speaks at a press conference at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, June 6, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 25, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF assesses Iran’s nuclear program set back years, but ‘too early’ to know for sure
Trump says US intelligence ‘very inconclusive’ about strikes, but ‘it could’ve been very severe’; IAEA says working to inspect, as Iran’s parliament votes to quit cooperating with UN watchdog
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
US envoy Steve Witkoff appears on Fox News' 'Laura Ingraham Show,' on June 24, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)
June 25, 2025, 9:19 am
Witkoff: US, Iran seeking ‘peace deal,’ strikes set Tehran’s nuke program back years
Trump’s envoy tells Fox News that reporting the US may not have destroyed Iran’s underground nuclear sites is ‘preposterous,’ says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi agrees with his assessment
By ToI Staff and Agencies
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 22, 2025 using handout satellite images released by Maxar Technologies shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom on on June 19, 2025 (top), and Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site June 22, 2025 (bottom). (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 5:29 am
Satellite images indicate severe damage to Fordo in US strikes, but doubts remain
6 holes seen punched into mountain above Iran’s deep nuclear plant, after series of bunker-busting bombs dropped; experts worry that nuclear material was moved prior to the attack
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies, and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 22, 2025, 9:00 pm
Extent of damage to Fordo, whereabouts of uranium unclear after nuke sites hit
IAEA chief says major destruction seen at Isfahan and Natanz, but not possible to assess at subterranean Fordo; Rubio claims enriched material was not moved away – analysts disagree
By AFP and ToI Staff
This combination of pictures created on June 14, 2025, shows a handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 14, 2025, of a closeup view the Natanz nuclear facilities near Ahmadabad in Iran, before an Israeli strike (top) and another closeup view taken on June 14, 2025, after an Israeli strike. (AFP Photo/ Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
June 22, 2025, 10:48 am
What to know about the three Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by US strikes
The Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan facilities, integral to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, were repeatedly hit in covert attacks
By AP
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran on January 24, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
June 22, 2025, 1:09 am
Israel said pressing for swift action on Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, may act without US
Israeli officials believe US will agree to join the fray, given Trump’s aggressive rhetoric toward Iran and Tehran’s refusal to accept ceasefire conditions demanded by US, Europe
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Footage released by the IDF on June 21, 2025, shows the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 21, 2025, 11:35 am
IDF hits Isfahan nuclear site for 2nd time; Iran fires 5 missiles in overnight barrage
Military says strikes intended to cause further damage to Iran’s nuclear program; Iranian media says no hazmat leak; debris from intercepted ballistic missile sparks central Israel fire
By Emanuel Fabian
This image grab taken from footage broadcast by Iran's IRINN news on June 13, 2025 shows what the television described as smoke billowing from explosions in Natanz after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. (IRINN / AFP)
June 14, 2025, 3:02 am
Damage to Iranian nuclear sites so far doesn’t appear significant, say experts
They note there is no visible evidence yet that Israel has hit underground facilities; head of UN atomic watchdog reports above-ground enrichment plant at Natanz was blown up
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina
Social media video shows Iran’s Natanz facility for uranium enrichment after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes early on June 13, 2025, with Israeli defense officials assessing the damage was significant. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 13, 2025, 2:10 pm
IDF says it partly destroyed Natanz nuclear facility, Iran says no jump in radiation
Israeli defense officials believe damage to major facility is significant, while other enrichment facility at Fordo, nuclear sites in Isfahan, Busheir reportedly not targeted
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 13, 2025, 11:02 am
Explainer: The handful of facilities at the core of Iran’s nuclear program
Natanz enrichment site, which operates dozens of centrifuges, is a confirmed target of Israel’s overnight attack; Iran also has nuclear sites near Qom, in Isfahan and elsewhere
By AFP
A woman walks past a banner showing missiles being launched, in northern Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 10, 2024, 2:39 pm
A dissident in Iran awaits Israeli reprisal: ‘There’s a very real fear of all-out war’
As dissatisfaction with the government grows, a regime opponent says citizens are in the grip of uncertainty and distrust their leaders’ ability to protect them
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Iran's domestically built centrifuges are displayed in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 3, 2024, 9:21 am
Iran’s nuclear facilities: Potential targets long in Israel’s sights
The Jewish state is mulling retaliation for the latest missile barrage by the Islamic Republic, with some speculation it could go after nuclear operations
By Reuters
An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through a nuclear facility just outside the Iranian city of Isfahan, March 30, 2005. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
August 29, 2024, 11:11 pm
Gas leak in an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center kills 2 and injures 10
Authorities do not specify whether injuries at site in Isfahan province were caused by asphyxiation from gas or an explosion
By AP
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