At some point, in some matters, it's tempting to say, "called it." This is one of those times - possibly. Some new satellite photos, released on Saturday, appear to show rebuilding efforts underway in the Iranian nuclear facilities destroyed in 2025's Operation Midnight Hammer. Now it looks like a lot of activity is going on at those sites.
Alarming new satellite images show signs Iran may be trying to rebuild suspected nuclear facilities https://t.co/vOQnoBKvJD pic.twitter.com/L5b86MAQrW
— New York Post (@nypost) July 11, 2026
The New York Post, on its main page, has more.
Alarming new satellite images show signs that the Iranian regime appears to be rebuilding its suspected nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain and Parchin.
Footage of both areas – which sustained extensive damage during US and Israeli-led bombing campaigns that began in late February – reveal “major signs” of activity, according to CNN, which obtained images from private firms.
Such construction likely runs afoul of the Memorandum of Understanding that Iran and US negotiators reached last month during a cease-fire that President Trump called “over” following Iranian attacks on shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Note that the activity may have more than one purpose; the Iranians could be looking to recover valuable equipment, or even the nuclear materials themselves, rather than necessarily trying to rebuild sites which are obviously known to the USA and Israel.
But there are some indications of rebuilding of some kind going on, including concrete mixer trucks.
US and Israeli forces repeatedly targeted the Parchin site, which the Iranians had covered with a protective concrete shield, in the joint air campaign that was launched on Feb. 28.
But a series of large blast holes, which were clearly visible on June 10, had been covered over 12 days later.
By July 7, the damage was covered with mesh material and concrete mixer trucks were visible at the ready nearby.
One doesn't pour concrete into a hole that one is trying to dig equipment or nuclear materials out of. One may, though, pour concrete as part of the construction of newer, deeper, harder bunkers in which to conduct operations.
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This reconstruction would be a violation of the current understanding between Iran and the United States, and would also be a blow to President Trump's primary agenda item, where Iran is concerned, that being ensuring that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon. But aside from that, it reinforces the one aspect of dealing with Iran that is constant: They can't be trusted. If they make a deal, they will break it. If they promise to do (or not do) something, they will be lying. The current theocracy, as long as they hold any part of Iran under their boots, will never keep any deal; they will never adhere to any agreement. They never have. They never will. The sooner that becomes the primary operating assumption in dealing with Iran, not just the in the United States and Israel, but in all of the world, the better.
In the meantime, it's a safe bet that this satellite intelligence is just a drop in the bucket of all the information-gathering we're doing around these sites. What's more, it's also a safe bet that the United States has more bunker-buster bombs on hand, which are designed to deal with facilities like these - as was proved in 2025.
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