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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)
July 21, 2026, 11:56 am
Israeli intel said to show Iran has moved thousands of centrifuges to Natanz’s Pickaxe Mountain
Iranians estimated to have transported the enrichment devices in months of activity at underground nuclear site; unclear where the centrifuges came from; Trump has threatened to bomb site
By ToI Staff
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)
July 5, 2026, 1:18 am
Satellite images show construction near Iranian nuclear site, in apparent MOU violation
US-based think tank says workers appear to be reinforcing tunnel entrances at secretive ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ site near Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, which itself remains inaccessible
By ToI Staff
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
Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)
March 22, 2026, 1:12 pm
In the war’s fourth week, the hunt for Iran’s enriched uranium takes center stage
With the Revolutionary Guards now calling the shots in Tehran, the US and Israel know ending the conflict without removing Iran’s near-weapons-grade stockpile invites disaster
By Amir Bar Shalom
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)
March 21, 2026, 6:30 pm
US said to strike Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, IDF hits missile production sites
Report claims American forces used bunker busters to bomb nuclear facility; Iran fires missile at Israeli fighter jet, no damage reported
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
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
An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Israel for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 3, 2026, 4:43 pm
IDF hits Iran’s ‘leadership complex’ in Tehran; 12 Israelis hurt in Iran missile strikes
Iranian retaliatory strikes damage US embassy in Riyadh and other sites in Gulf; satellite images show Natanz nuclear site hit by recent strikes, IAEA confirms
By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot gives a press conference after a crisis meeting in Paris on March 2, 2026. (Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP)
March 2, 2026, 2:09 pm
France ready to ‘take part’ in defense of Gulf countries and Jordan against Iran
Germany says it won’t join US-Israeli offensive despite reports it’s mulling action; IAEA says no sign Iranian nuclear sites bombed, Iranian official contradicts, says Natanz hit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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 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
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi (left) attends the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 19, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
November 20, 2025, 4:20 pm
UN nuclear watchdog demands full cooperation from Iran on sites bombed in 12-day war
IAEA says that accounting for Iran’s enriched uranium stock, which includes material close to bomb-grade, is ‘long overdue’; Iran calls resolution ‘counterproductive’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women stand next to model missiles and a nuclear enrichment centrifuge during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran as Iranians mark the 46th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, on November 4, 2025 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 5, 2025, 9:27 am
Iran must ‘seriously improve’ nuclear cooperation, says IAEA chief
Grossi says UN agency has not been given access to Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan since June war; reiterates belief that most, if not all, enriched uranium survived and is at damaged sites
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and dated July 1, 2025, shows an overview of the Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant complex in central Iran after US airstrikes. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 17, 2025, 2:39 pm
Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op
US intel assessment cited by NBC News indicates less extensive damage at Natanz and Isfahan; Trump said to have eschewed weeks-long campaign targeting 6 sites
By 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
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