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SvennoJ on 13 June 2025
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Satellite images reveal extent of damage to Iran’s Natanz nuclear site: Think tank

The Institute for Science and National Security (ISISNS) has released new high-resolution satellite images purporting to show the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear site.

“The imagery shows damage and destruction to several buildings around the complex, most notably the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP), and the onsite electrical substation that provides power to the facility,” the Institute said.

Despite the widespread destruction above ground, some key facilities appear to have been untouched, it added.

“There is no visible damage to the below-ground enrichment facility (FEP), nor to the new complex being constructed under Mt Kolang Gaz La, just south of Natanz,” the ISISNS noted in its assessment.

However, it did say that the “complete destruction” of the PFEP was “significant”, adding that the facility holds more than “1,700 advanced centrifuges, including hundreds of IR-6, IR-4, IR-2m centrifuges, and research and development for new types of advanced centrifuges”.



‘It will get worse’: Ex-US official warns of further escalation

A former senior US official involved in previous Iran nuclear talks has warned that Israel’s assault on Iran will destabilise the region further while potentially dismantling the last remaining diplomatic checks on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

“There’s the probability the situation will destabilise, it will get worse,” Alan Eyre, a core member of the US nuclear negotiations team from 2010 to 2015, told Al Jazeera.

Eyre said the Israeli strikes, while tactically effective, are unlikely to achieve their intended goal of neutralising Iran’s nuclear programme in the longer term.

“This is not going to meet Israel’s objective of lessening or eliminating the nuclear threat,” he said. “As to whether Iran decides to go back to the negotiating table, while it’s being bombed … I think from a domestic political perspective it would be hard for Iran to negotiate while it is still under attack from Israel.”


A building damaged by an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran


‘Israel will not go unscathed,’ Khamenei says

Iran’s supreme leader says “Israel will not remain unscathed” and Tehran “will not go for half-measures” when it retaliates against Israel’s attacks. In a televised address to the nation, he said Iran’s armed forces will leave Israel “helpless”.


Israeli military attacked nuclear facility in Isfahan

An Israeli military spokesperson says it has “attacked the nuclear facility in Isfahan today”, Israeli Army Radio reports. The spokesperson said there will be more attempts by Iran to “harm us”.