According to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, based on satellite images, Iran has constructed a new road next to the bombed Fordow uranium enrichment facility and has brought in construction equipment to assess the damage caused by the US airstrike last month.
Images captured over the weekend by the commercial satellite company Maxar Technologies show a new road leading to the mountainous area where the Fordow nuclear facility is located, along with some vehicles. Analysts have identified these vehicles as transporting excavators and mobile cranes.
The Institute for Science and International Security, which researches Iran’s nuclear program, analyzed the images and believes that the excavators are likely preparing a staging area to send cameras or personnel into the bomb craters created by the US bombing to inspect the damage to underground facilities.
On June 22nd, US long-range bombers dropped 12 massive “bunker buster” bombs at the site. These 30,000-pound bombs are designed to penetrate deep into the mountain before exploding underground, creating visible craters on satellite photos.
The institute stated that no visible activity was observed at the entrance to the tunnels at Fordow, which have been filled in. The trucks seen in the satellite images appear to be dump trucks used to haul away debris.
US President Trump and the CIA have declared that the attacks on Iran’s key nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan have “destroyed” Iran’s nuclear capability.
According to a White House statement published last Wednesday, President Trump said, “Satellite images show that all of Iran’s nuclear facilities have suffered tremendous damage. ‘Destroyed’ is the most appropriate term! The images show white building structures deeply embedded in the rock, with roofs even lower than the ground, with no flames visible. The greatest destruction occurred far below the surface. Bullseye!!!”
On June 26, 2025, General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a press conference at the Pentagon, where they played a video of the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bomb test used in the attack on the Fordow fuel enrichment plant in Iran.